why the bbc is going down the pan

[xenon]

Still waiting...

The "I'm hearing" tweets are invariably bullshit.

 

[Bingoman]

Still waiting...

The "I'm hearing" tweets are invariably bullshit.

I think most people are

 

[hash tag]

Of course not. It had absolutely nothing to do with Sharps close friendship with Johnson.

BBC director general denies Tory pressure in Lineker row

 

[DotCommunist]

nobody resigns for anything anymore do they.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Do you know the German translation Sas? Just checking you know what you're nodding your head to.

My comment has nothing to do with 'Arbeit macht Frei', it has to do with the mental health benefits of being amongst other people etc. There are more benefits to going out to work than simply cash.

 

[Sasaferrato]

nobody resigns for anything anymore do they.

Rarely.

 

[krtek a houby]

nobody resigns for anything anymore do they.

Forthcoming sequel to this year's Oscar hoover

 

[hash tag]

nobody resigns for anything anymore do they.

Rarely.

Depends on the "compensation" on offer.

 

[two sheds]

Still waiting...

The "I'm hearing" tweets are invariably bullshit.

That's what I'm hearing, too.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

My comment has nothing to do with 'Arbeit macht Frei', it has to do with the mental health benefits of being amongst other people etc. There are more benefits to going out to work than simply cash.

So on a thread that's raised its head ostensibly as a result of a statement around contemporary language echoing that of 1930s Germany, you thought it a good idea to introduce a not even tangentially related topic by unironically agreeing with a statement which was knowingly and deliberately... echoing the language of 1930s Germany. Bravo

 

[Sasaferrato]

So on a thread that's raised its head ostensibly as a result of a statement around contemporary language echoing that of 1930s Germany, you thought it a good idea to introduce a not even tangentially related topic by unironically agreeing with a statement which was knowingly and deliberately... echoing the language of 1930s Germany. Bravo

It was a passing thought. Now piss off and annoy someone else.

 

[Bingoman]

Fiona Bruce to step back from her Ambassador role for the charity refuge after she trivialised domestic abuse on question time

Not a Gooc time for the BBC atm it seems

 

[teqniq]

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[Raheem]

Not a Good time for the BBC atm it seems

Depends what you think the best interests of the BBC are.

 

[Flavour]

So on a thread that's raised its head ostensibly as a result of a statement around contemporary language echoing that of 1930s Germany, you thought it a good idea to introduce a not even tangentially related topic by unironically agreeing with a statement which was knowingly and deliberately... echoing the language of 1930s Germany. Bravo

Have you not met Sas before?

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Have you not met Sas before?

When the mask slips on the "acceptable face of conservatism" it's still worth pointing out.

 

[8ball]

When the mask slips on the "acceptable face of conservatism" it's still worth pointing out.

He needs that as his tagline.

 

[teqniq]

'Nothing to do with me' 'A government before my time' Sunak is lying here:

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

'Nothing to do with me' 'A government before my time' Sunak is lying here:

Oh now come on. It's not like Sunak had any kind of important post during the Johnson dynasty.

 

[Elpenor]

nobody resigns for anything anymore do they.

The great non-resignation

 

[SpookyFrank]

Do you know the German translation Sas? Just checking you know what you're nodding your head to.

Maybe he heard it from his old pal Rudolf Hess.

 

[Cloo]

Small in the scheme of things but this is a moronic headline



It makes it sound like he's been randomly plucked from a field when actually he is a knighted internationally famous conductor.

 

[Cid]

Small in the scheme of things but this is a moronic headline



It makes it sound like he's been randomly plucked from a field when actually he is a knighted internationally famous conductor.

His dad sounds er... interesting... Rural revival nazi. Fun.

Rolf Gardiner - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[hash tag]

Small in the scheme of things but this is a moronic headline



It makes it sound like he's been randomly plucked from a field when actually he is a knighted internationally famous conductor.

Could have been a barn find.

 

[danny la rouge]

Small in the scheme of things but this is a moronic headline



It makes it sound like he's been randomly plucked from a field when actually he is a knighted internationally famous conductor.

It’s John Elliot Gardiner. He’s famous. I have several CDs he conducted. What a bizarre way to frame the story!

 

[danny la rouge]

His dad sounds er... interesting... Rural revival nazi. Fun.

Rolf Gardiner - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Didn’t know about his Dad though!

 

[Cid]

Didn’t know about his Dad though!

I'd quite like to get hold of a copy of below book, sounds like an interesting focal point for a read-up on routes into fascism in interwar Britain. And the intersection of the green movement and fascism, which is seeing something of a resurgence (er, obviously that is not a blanket criticism of environmentalism). Just... academic book prices.

Rolf Gardiner: Folk, Nature and Culture in Interwar Britain

Folk dancer, forester, poet and visionary, Rolf Gardiner (1902-71) is both a compelling and troubling figure in the history of twentieth-century Britain. While he is celebrated as a pioneer of organic farming and co-founder of the Soil Association, Gardiner's organicist outlook was not confined...

www.routledge.com

 

[GarveyLives]

"They all look the same" to the BBC?

Labour MP Florence Eshalomi ‘disappointed’ as BBC Parliament confuse her with another black female London MP

 

[Bingoman]

"They all look the same" to the BBC?

Labour MP Florence Eshalomi ‘disappointed’ as BBC Parliament confuse her with another black female London MP

I think who ever is putting the captions on screen is very slow and not paying attention or just cant be bothered

 

[GarveyLives]

I think who ever is putting the captions on screen is very slow and not paying attention or just cant be bothered

It appears that the BBC were "not paying attention" last month either:

BBC issues grovelling apology for mistaking Viola Davis for Beyoncé in Grammys blunder

"They all look the same" to the BBC?​