People who think the BBC could actually do that 👇without heads rolling, raise your hand?
And yes you can treat the subject with more subtlety -If you want people to say you willingly downplayed the whole thing
There is no way to patriotically treat that (even with the big flag)
Now the BBC-that-once-was would indeed have been able to mention that story -maybe even by focusing on the public money spent on the Beluga's mistress.
The "respect-the-flag-and-get-those-woke-shows-out-of-my-sight-you-official-govt-propaganda-channel!" -Not so much.
Now get back a few years in time, &tell me what politician could have escaped resigning for this deranged beluga's embezzlement of public money on sock-searching mistress.
The answer is none.
Because at the time, the media did not have to be "patriotic" in the holy name of Brexit
There were lies already, &claims other people had it all wrong.
But it wasn't "treason" of the holy "will of the people" wrapped into nationalism's flag. People with different opinions were acceptable. Do-gooders weren't the enemy of the people. The UK wasn't at war -with itself.
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So my family house is sold.
Still have to negotiate with my “I never paid a penny but the law says I can get half the money ex“ to hope paying 2/3 of my debts. Even if it goes the best it can goes I’m in for 10 years or more of repayment.
Strong feeling of anti-achieving tonight.
I shouldn’t complain as I survived harassment and murders attempts and am effectively keeping a pedophile from wrecking our children as now a justice-appointed educator is watching us. Also there’s precedent so he has to look nice. Yet somehow it doesn’t feel like achievement.
I’m gonna have to pay the debts of the hell I went through for years -and now that it is sold, despite me liking my new place, I mourn the loss of our family home. Which isn’t enough to fix the burden that was inflicted on me. I’m glad I survived but yearn for other achievements
A thought about the flag everywhere show.
There’s only one time when people feel the need to surround themselves with their country’s flag: When their country is under attack.
But isn’t it kind of ironic when the country attacking your country happens to be... your country?
I mean imagine if another country had claimed 150k British lives. Declared a trade war wrecking 1000s of businesses. Hacked your taxes to give your money to their pals. Moved to make protests illegal. Made people you love illegal overnight.
Would you feel like flying their flag?
The flag everywhere show is a diversion -but not only. It’s also a perversion of all you hold dear. Make it compulsory while reversing what it means is sinister. You should be proud of your flag and what if represents. But only can when it isn’t made to represent the opposite.
And I thought the point of the vaccine was saving lives
When obviously it’s mostly about trolling 🤷♀️
I really hope the EU will ignore that pathetic and useless provocation and not enact a ban on Pfizer vaccines set to be exported to the U.K. right when AZ will under deliver
It may be a hard sell domestically -but ATST from April the EU will get enough vaccines, so it’s also possible to focus attention on that. Ultimately EU people couldn’t care less about the U.K. (or any other countries for that matter). They just want the nightmare to be over.
So there
If this is a race-to-prove-which-is-best, EU (roughly 6 weeks late compared to the U.K.) could maybe pass the finish line first by screwing the UK
The thing is, it’s not a race
It’s a team effort -well it should be
Again all in it together, no room for “needling“ anybody
From France:
”So AZ signed EU contract claiming nothing hindered its abilities, then the day afterwards signed a ”U.K. 1st“ contract? And U.K. people are calling that a “smart Brexit move“ and calling us nationalists if we reciprocate?“
People this is what EU member govts deal w/
Most people pay little attention, and U.K. early approval absolutely helped in U.K. vaccine campaign undeniable success.
But as it goes, more&moreEU people tend to note that it wouldn’t have been a success without vaccines, which by then were delivered by EU facilities.
I know that in the U.K. demands for reciprocity were labelled as “trying to steal from us“. Please understand people in the EU see things differently. And expect their govts to be much more selfish than before as, apparently, this is the recipe for success.
A word about flags
When the new (RW) mayor of the town nearby got elected, one of the 1st things he did (aside from reinstating the parking fees that had been lifted by the previous mayor to ease the Covid crisis) was to set French flags garlands in the main street.
A dozen (1/2)
Obviously the town people were delighted with this amazing display of patriotism, right?
Well, not quite. We do that for special day like 14th of July, yes. But flags everywhere everyday?
Here's what they said:
"We happen to know what country we live in. Does he need a reminder?"
The flags are now gone.
Basically, the moral of this story is:
"Too many flags kill the flag"
Just saying for no specific reasons