The Last Last Night of The Proms

From The Guardian

“The traditional flag-waving anthems Rule Britannia and Land of Hope of Glory could be dropped from the Last Night of the Proms because of their perceived links with colonialism and slavery.

The BBC is reportedly considering whether to axe the patriotic staples in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, and the Covid restrictions are seen as an opportunity to make the change.

Reduced orchestra sizes, social distancing and no audiences make the 2020 Proms a very different experience from past years.”

Discuss

IT trouble

Seems like IT trickery people – apologies … i will seek higher authority …. maybe this one will work …

13 Aug 2020 09:45 : Update:  I think I’ve got a workaround. Comments should now all be displaying, old and new.

12 Aug 2020 12:00 : Update:  A ticket has been logged with the maintainer of this site’s WordPress Theme. It looks like an incompatibility with the Theme and the latest version of WordPress.  All comments are still in the system, but only new comments are showing. I’ll have to wait for a response.  Hopefully normal service will be resumed as soon as possible!

Weekend Thread 8 August 2020

More nasty news from the Marxist BBC – it is spending £38 million – the equivalent of 241, 269 licence fees setting up a call centre and employing 800 people to chase the over 75s to get the licence tax from them . If anyone sees one of the 10 page letters being sent to over 75s please let this site know .

Midweek Thread 5 August 2020

The 6th is another anniversary – this time its the dropping Of The Bomb on Japan . So let’s be ready for the annual rollout of The BBC reciting CND propaganda , another free run for the SNP to remove bases from Scotland – with a dusting of braveheart independence again – on top of its’ enthusiastic support for the latest iteration of Marxism .