8 days of mourning - is it for real?

Joy_Division_Oven_Gloves said:
Newsreaders told to wear black and MPs black arm bands. I thought the blanket coverage was over the top but this...
www.telegraph.co.uk

Britain enters a national mourning period for Prince Philip – here’s what it means

National mourning will last until 8am on the day after the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral which will take place at 3pm on Saturday April 17
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I guess it was the official colour for his SS cousins so it makes sense. Bootlicker gammon UK is lapping this billionaire crap up. b***ks to this covert facism.
 

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spanishman said:
As far as I am concerned the family deserve the same level of condolences as all of the families that have lost someone to coronavirus.

We should all grieve for them all.
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or maybe each family can have their own personal grief rather than attempting to force other people to join in, I don't want to virtue signal someone elses grief, I'd just like to go about my day as normal and watch my footy at 3pm not 6, cheers
 
As one of the comments says, "Is this saturation coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh's demise another example of BBC "left wing bias"
Many comments mention the lack of coverage of 160,000 deaths during the pandemic too
www.indy100.com

BBC inundated with complaints over ‘too much’ Prince Philip coverage

The BBC has been forced to create an online complaints form after receiving an influx of messages from disgruntled viewers over the extent of its reporting on Prince Philip’s death.The broadcaster has been accused of providing “too much TV coverage” of the news that the Duke of Edinburgh passed...
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Left wing bias? WTF, monarchism is famously tied in with right wing and nationalism in this country, always has been. I mean the majority of the senior members of the Queens household are tied to the Tory party as Tory life peers, ex-MPs, and conservative (little c) flag wavers.

EDIT: I've just clicked through to that tweet and it was sarcasm. Spot on
 
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Trug said:
He couldn't help what his cousins did though could he? And lets's face it, Whether you are a Royalist or not, he did his bit for our country.
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Fair enough, but so did thousands of others, but we don't come to a standstill to honour them individually
 
BoroMart said:
or maybe each family can have their own personal grief rather than attempting to force other people to join in, I don't want to virtue signal someone elses grief, I'd just like to go about my day as normal and watch my footy at 3pm not 6, cheers
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I am sure the Royal Family would echo your sentiments but they don’t get a choice.....
 
BoroMart said:
Oh FFS, now all EFL matches will be moved from 3 pm next saturday so as not to clash with his bloody funeral.

I mean he is nothing to do with footy, we're adults we can make our choice to watch the match or watch the funeral. What an absolute joke.
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Good, it’s only footie.....
 
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