Duke of Edinburgh dead.

[SteveH]

https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/09/prince-philip-dead-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-aged-99-7740354/
He's done a Grace. She was an old dear at my church who died in 2019, a few months short of her 100th birthday.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/09/prince-philip-dead-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-aged-99-7740354/
He's done a Grace. She was an old dear at my church who died in 2019, a few months short of her 100th birthday.

Disgracefully shallow and unstatesmanly performance from our ''looks like a sack of shit tied up in the middle'', scruffy PM.

[Nearly Sane]

So half the press officers in the land will have switched their laptops off, and said 'That's me for the day', and the other half will be running around trying to find some bad news to put out. 

[SteveH]

Disgracefully shallow and unstatesmanly performance from our ''looks like a sack of shit tied up in the middle'', scruffy PM.

What's he done?
Tony Blair did his reputation a bit of good when Diana handed in her diner-pail in '97, with a surprisingly moving off-the-cuff comment. I can't imaging Boris doing the same - "Cripes! Old Phil's gone and snuffed it! Time for Bojo to apply the old comb to the barnet, get out the black tie, and look sad! Carrie - find me a black tie, there's a good girl!"

[Nearly Sane]

Not entirely sure why BBC1 and BBC2 are showing the same programme of news about it.

[Nearly Sane]

And it's on all BBC radio channels. It's also grating the number of times I am being told how I feel about it.

[SteveH]

You'd better get used to it - we're going to have weeks and weeks of fawning bollocks in all media.
I wonder how they'll manage the funeral? Normally, it'd be heads of state and government packing the Abbey to the gunwales, but with Covid, they won't be able to do that.

[Gordon]

Old man dies - how unusual is that then!

Thank goodness for cable TV, Netflix and Prime video over the next few days - and this afternoons horse racing is, thankfully, unaffected.

[Anchorman]

 I can recall the old duffer speaking to a CofS Science, religion and technonology seminar about conserving endangered species...a laudavle speech.
He spoiled it by going back to Balmoral and blasting everything in sight with the possible exception of Chairlie.

[Nearly Sane]

You'd better get used to it - we're going to have weeks and weeks of fawning bollocks in all media.
I wonder how they'll manage the funeral? Normally, it'd be heads of state and government packing the Abbey to the gunwales, but with Covid, they won't be able to do that.

Some details here

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/operation-forth-bridge-what-happens-after-death-of-prince-philip/ar-BB1fsZzc

[Aruntraveller]

and he was only weeks away from receiving a telegram from the Queen.

[Nearly Sane]

First daft comment on the death of Prince Phiilip. One minute silence observed at Aintree but the racehorses were still being lead around to limber up. One snorted and the commentator on Sky News said "and the horses obviously unaware"

[Udayana]

And it's on all BBC radio channels. It's also grating the number of times I am being told how I feel about it.

I could understand one BBC channel .. but this is ridiculous...

[Stranger]

I could understand one BBC channel .. but this is ridiculous...

Or even one TV and one radio channel but all of them is just stupid.

BBC - Make A Complaint.

[bluehillside Retd.]

And speaking of the press coverage, is there any job more facile, pointless and content-free than "royal commentator"?

Radio 4 now reduced to interviewing people who have done the Duke of Edinburgh awards scheme by the way... 
 

[Nearly Sane]

And speaking of the press coverage, is there any job more facile, pointless and content-free than "royal commentator"?

Radio 4 now reduced to interviewing people who have done the Duke of Edinburgh awards scheme by the way... 

I qualify to be interviewed then

[bluehillside Retd.]

NS,

I qualify to be interviewed then

I'll find you their number then (surprised they haven't found yours already tbh). Be careful though – there seems to be a clause that all interviewees must use the word "extraordinary" at least twice.

[Nearly Sane]

NS,

I'll find you their number then (surprised they haven't found yours already tbh). Be careful though – there seems to be a clause that all interviewees must use the word "extraordinary" at least twice.

I ticked the No Publicity box when I did the award

[Gordon]

The OTT reaction on BBC/STV/C4/News channels is plain silly now, as is the implied presumption that we are all greatly affected by the death of this old man.

It seems like a strange take on Parkinson's Law, where what we are seeing now is mindless sycophancy expanding to fill all the available broadcasting time on certain channels.   

[Nearly Sane]

The OTT reaction on BBC/STV/C4/News channels is plain silly now, as is the implied presumption that we are all greatly affected by the death of this old man.

It seems like a strange take on Parkinson's Law, where what we are seeing now is mindless sycophancy expanding to fill all the available broadcasting time on certain channels.

Channel 4 showed mostly their normal programming

[Gordon]

Channel 4 showed mostly their normal programming

Yes you're right about C4, and they've now been criticised for not wholly abandoning their planned schedule.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/channel-4-comes-under-fire-23886285

That the BBC are broadcasting the same feed on BBC1, BBC2, the separate BBC Scotland channel and the BBC news channel does seem excessive, and it seems they are receiving so many complaints they've set up fast track method of complaining.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/death-duke-of-edinburgh-tv-coverage/#/Notification

[Nearly Sane]

Tweet from one of Channel 4 reps
'Today on Channel 4 we broadcast a 30 minute news special shortly after the Duke of Edinburgh's death was announced; an in-depth obituary at 4pm and there'll be an extended

@Channel4News

at 7. C4 also has a duty to offer an alternative to other channels hence a return to schedule.'

[SteveH]

Good news for florist's shops.

[Nearly Sane]

Good news for florist's shops.

sensibly the RF have said give to charity not buy flowers.

[The Accountant, OBE, KC]

I don't know why they keep repeating the same programmes over and over again but on the other hand I find historical stuff interesting. Phil actually seems to have had a pretty interesting childhood and life. I quite like him now I know more about him.