Been played to death in my opinion. Was good, now very tedious. My favourite is probably 'Stop the Cavalry' by Jona Lewie. Strictly speaking not even a true Christmas song (though it is mentioned in the chorus). But I like it's peaceful sentimentality and the brass band bit. And no swearing to edit out.
Couldn't they just bleep out the word ***got? The BBC is scared of its own shadow these days, under attack from all sides. Its rule of impartiality is well out of date, with so many lies circulating, they should not be afraid to call a lie a lie, rather than get someone telling the truth to rebut it. They give equal weight to both sides, the lie and the truth.
The Princess Diana interview is the latest scandal to hit the BBC. They need a new Lord Reith to get them back on track.
Abolish the licence fee, and let the BBC swim in the commercial sea with the rest. It will drive up standards, strip back the huge waste, and make the BBC more attuned to what their viewers actually want, rather than what their left wing staff think they want. As an example this week, their whole news output on Monday was devoted to a story about the PM’s adviser quitting. Last night Corbyn’s banning from re-entering the PLP due to racism. - a major scandal, surely, was only the No.4 item on their news . No objective person can seriously deny that the BBC is institutionally left wing & biased. Scrap it.
The belief that the BBC is left-wing has been repeated so many times in the last 40 years by the right that a lot of people accept it as the truth. It's not. Left-wingers are equally convinced that the Beeb in general and Laura Kuenssberg in particular are right-wing. The BBC bends too far over backwards to be neutral, there are no reds-under-the-bed. Nick Robinson was a Conservative Party activist in his younger days, Jeremy Paxman has described himself as a one-nation Conservative, but they are both far too professional to let it show.
Haven't most of the Christmas songs. If I have to hear So here it is Merry Christmas from Slade, one more time I think I will scream.
What do people think about the trade off that appears to be on the cards ? A “normal” two household 5 days family Xmas ....followed by a January lockdown to compensate for the spike that will inevitably result from it.
A difficult one this. If people still behave sensibly and observe social distancing etc the spike shouldn't be too bad, but will they?
It's not scientifically valid or safe. But I can understand why they're trying to work something out. Personally I'd say something along these lines; Lockdown rules will remain in place right through the Christmas period. But between two set dates (maybe December 22 to 28 or something like that) the rules won't be enforced. Then it's a personal choice for whoever wants to go against the rules - which are there to protect the NHS and save lives. It's a cop-out in another form, but at least it maintains the rules in place, and implores people to follow them if they possibly can.
They haven’t so far, so unfortunately can’t see them behaving better with the festive spirit inside them
Herrenvolk? Anyone who wants to listen to it can tune into Radio 2. Apparently LGBT Radio 2 listeners don't get so easily offended.
“The German term Herrenvolk, "master race", was used in 19th century discourse that justified colonialism with the supposed racial superiority of Europeans.”
