RIP Queen Elizabeth

[cougie uk]

Why then broadcast the 'lesser' concerts but miss out the grand finale?🤔 I have my suspicions as to why, but lets not get political eh.🧐

Because the others have happened already - and all future Proms have been cancelled ?

It's not that hard to see that a jolly night out at the Albert Hall isn't in keeping with the period of mourning ?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

a jolly night out at the Albert Hall isn't in keeping with the period of mourning ?

What?

Nobody is allowed a jolly night out?

Whyever not?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Because the others have happened already - and all future Proms have been cancelled ?

It's not that hard to see that a jolly night out at the Albert Hall isn't in keeping with the period of mourning ?

Am I missing something here? I'm thinking that the Last Night Of The Proms was binned by the BBC a fair while before the Queen's death. My thoughts are that their decision not to show it does not have anything to do with the Queen's death.🤔


Plus it isn't going ahead anyway! Maybe best to leave it as it is so

 

[winjim]

Oh I'm totally here for BBC Proms conspiracy theories...

 

[vickster]

Am I missing something here? I'm thinking that the Last Night Of The Proms was binned by the BBC a fair while before the Queen's death. My thoughts are that their decision not to show it does not have anything to do with the Queen's death.🤔


Plus it isn't going ahead anyway! Maybe best to leave it as it is so

No it was only cancelled yesterday

 

[fossyant]

Absolutely ridiculous! Not only the price, but while these fashion accessories are being touted 'less attractive' dogs remain in rescue centres, waiting to be re-homed.

Bonkers isn't it !

 

[Accy cyclist]

No it was only cancelled yesterday

What, the actual event, or the BBC's decision not to show it, if it was to go ahead?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Junior football matches being cancelled here now.

Definitely what Liz would have wanted.

 

[winjim]

What, the actual event, or the BBC's decision not to show it, if it was to go ahead?

You know it's a BBC event, right?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

She never was Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland....

I know. That’s the point I was highlighting.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Maybe I'm getting old and old-fashioned with it, but the talk of Boris, Coins, Dogs and whinging about widespread coverage on radio stations seems really out of place and disrespectful within this thread.

Still, I guess that's free speech for you.

I'm with you 100% on this, although I also think they are wrong to cancel all these events, a 1-2 minutes silence at the beginning to show a mark of respect was all that is needed & I suspect would have been support by the family.

 

[Reynard]

I don't mind the coverage - heck, I'm watching it now. It's about watching history unfold in the same way you'd want to watch a moon landing or something equally momentous.

But there's a big difference between being able to keep tabs on stuff and it being layered on far too thickly. And at the expense of everything else - on the drop of a hat. I agree though, that it's a bit much to cancel public events and sporting fixtures. Normal life doesn't just stop. I can understand that some people do want it to stop at this time, but not everyone feels that way.

 

[vickster]

My understanding is it’s the organisers of the events are taking the decision, it’s not mandated. There was mention that pressures on the police to be elsewhere was part of the consideration (presumably more so in and around London where crowds will gather at Buck House etc)

 

[winjim]

I don't mind the coverage - heck, I'm watching it now. It's about watching history unfold in the same way you'd want to watch a moon landing or something equally momentous.

But there's a big difference between being able to keep tabs on stuff and it being layered on far too thickly. And at the expense of everything else - on the drop of a hat. I agree though, that it's a bit much to cancel public events and sporting fixtures. Normal life doesn't just stop. I can understand that some people do want it to stop at this time, but not everyone feels that way.

Funny thing is, one thing that never stops is the monarchy. As soon as the queen died, a king came into being. No pause, no break, no nothing. Instantaneous. We even had twenty minutes or so without a prime minister earlier in the week, not so with the monarch.

 

[Reynard]

Funny thing is, one thing that never stops is the monarchy. As soon as the queen died, a king came into being. No pause, no break, no nothing. Instantaneous. We even had twenty minutes or so without a prime minister earlier in the week, not so with the monarch.

Now that you put it that way... Does make you think, doesn't it?