news & politics:discussion

[Zoo Music Girl]

31 minutes ago, bamber said:

I would love to see the current guidance on what is acceptable to be played on BBC radio right now.

I suspect it is along the lines of lines of "Nothing too Irish, Punk or angry Black, mostly sad, nothing overwhelmingly cheery".

It is a fucking Joke. The crass assumption that we are all more moved by the death of a 99 year old royal Greek man than the millions of good souls lost to Covid and all those others near and dear to us is galling

I hope this is a wake up call to the many as to where this country's priorities are.

Yeah completely agree with this. 

Also who the fuck are these people who go down and stand outside the palace? Why? Honestly do not understand what connection they feel to this aristocratic family who don't know or care about them.

[Mr.Tease]

59 minutes ago, zero000 said:

Just listening to 6 music. “Following the death of the duke of Edinburgh we’re sounding different today” they then immediately cut to a morose Otis Reading track. 
 

Its 2021 FFS! Utterly embarrassing.

The fact this is over a year into a pandemic just makes it even more ridiculous 😂

[Punksnotdead]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

Good job our politicians have so little to do they can spend Monday being sad that an old man has died. 

No extra bank holiday for us plebs, but a few free days off for our hard working politicians?

[Mr.Tease]

 

[Mr.Tease]

5 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

No extra bank holiday for us plebs, but a few free days off for our hard working politicians?

Wonder if you can call in sick at work citing uncontrollable grief from his death? 

[steviewevie]

13 minutes ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Yeah completely agree with this. 

Also who the fuck are these people who go down and stand outside the palace? Why? Honestly do not understand what connection they feel to this aristocratic family who don't know or care about them.

yeah, it's weird. The whole royal family thing is weird.

[Zoo Music Girl]

7 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, it's weird. The whole royal family thing is weird.

So bloody weird.

[eFestivals]

22 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, it's weird. The whole royal family thing is weird.

It's only wired for the people who buy into it fully

[Ryan1984]

 

[Mr.Tease]

6 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

 

Think Neil is going to turn all our profile pics to that black and white one of Philip as a mark of respect 

[efcfanwirral]

The news bulletin on the radio just then had absolutely nothing else on it. Belfast? Nah. Covid? Nothing apart from linked to the funeral. Actual real things are happening in the world...

[Ayrshire Chris]

2 hours ago, Andre91 said:

When the Queen dies, I reckon they’re just going to cut all of our electricity for a couple of days as a national black out. Seems like the next step after this one to me 😛 

Queen unplugged?  Did they ever do that? 

[Gilgamesh69]

Fucking hell this country is weird

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Gilgamesh69

[Zoo Music Girl]

It's pretty handy for the government to have an excuse not to deal with the Northern Ireland situation isn't it?

Edit: should have added Northern 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Zoo Music Girl

[Zoo Music Girl]

Just now, Zoo Music Girl said:

It's pretty handy for the government to have an excuse not to deal with the Ireland situation isn't it?

10th story down on BBC News homepage today after nine stories about Phil. 

[eFestivals]

Anyone seen bidens global coroptax proposals it'll fuck Ireland and son other places good and proper. A good idea a should finally end the race to the bottom. 

[Andre91]

Throngs of people gathering outside of a palace, blubbing and laying wreaths for someone who couldn’t be further removed from their own lives. 
 

It’s dumbfounding how many people believe that they are somehow closer to an actual monarchy than they are a refugee arriving on a dinghy. 
 

Normal. Island. 

[philipsteak]

5 hours ago, maelzoid said:

I don’t remember any of this hysteria when the Queen mother died. She was also a royal consort, and I reckon more beloved than Philip. Am I misremembering?

The BBC weren't as terrified of the right wing press and the government back then. 

I do remember massive queues to see her lying in state, various royals standing guard etc

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

GCSEs...my kid is going through this...loads and loads of exams and assessments...instead of actually being taught stuff they have missed

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/apr/10/schools-fear-second-grading-fiasco-for-gcses-and-a-levels

[Ayrshire Chris]

Funeral is next Saturday, that clashes with a Rangers v Celtic game so one of them will have to be rescheduled.

I reckon it’s the funeral 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Ayrshire Chris

[steviewevie]

21 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Funeral is next Saturday, that clashes with a Rangers v Celtic game so one of them will have to be rescheduled.

I reckon it’s the funeral 

you'll be independent by then so won't have to worry.

[Ayrshire Chris]

23 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

you'll be independent by then so won't have to worry.

Still in the commonwealth! 

[Ayrshire Chris]

40 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

you'll be independent by then so won't have to worry.

The real Stevie seems to disagree!