brexiters shit themselves after eu flags waved at Proms

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• sheinar@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I can hope any investigation by the BBC goes “they brought EU flags in, they waved them. Recommendations - none.”

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  • andthenthreemore@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Recommendations - Brexiters get a fucking grip.

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• Emperor@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The spectacle of so many EU flags being waved as the hall belted out Rule, Britannia! provoked disgust from leading Eurosceptics.

  Harvey Proctor, a former Conservative MP, said it was a “disgraceful” display and called for an inquiry by the BBC, which organises and broadcasts the Proms.

  Well look who crawled out of the woodwork!

  They’ll shit themselves when they find out that Jerusalem isn’t as patriotic as they think it is.

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  • CoderKat@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The idea of an “inquiry” for this is so utterly hilarious. What is he expecting it to find? That leaving the EU was a disastrously unpopular decision and that anyone can wave a flag?

    Also, they view Rule, Britannia as a modern, relevant, unironic thing? I see that as the British equivalent to when Americans are like “MURICA, fuck yeah, guns and lifted trucks and bald eagles and school shootings!” Which is to say, incredibly cringy.

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The weird thing is - there have been loads of EU flags for years.

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• mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Imagine being this upset about a flag. And also going to the lengths of organising a campaign to wave flags just to get a headline in the guardian. 🤣😂😂🤣

  What a complete non story.

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  • GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Unlike you snowflakes, I’m difficult to offend.”

    “Also, any time someone disagrees with Tories it makes national news, like the time we whined about being called gammons, despite the fact we wear that label proudly.”

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    • mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Who are you quoting?

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• Mane25@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Europeans flying the flag of Europe.

  Hasn’t this happened every proms since brexit anyway?

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  • theinspectorst@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes but the Brexiters are so full of shit that they have to shit themselves regularly to avoid serious medical complications.

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  • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    its been on a break since covid and the queens death. I think 3 proms cancelled. This is the first one back and i guess since we officially left

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• TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What are “the proms”?

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Free concert series held across the UK.

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re not free.

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  • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i highly recommend Holst’s Planets, they play some every year. If you like science fiction films youll no doubt hear a million john williams or hans zimmer melodies

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  • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pish.

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• theinspectorst@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I half hoped this was the literal title of the article.

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I half hoped the title accurately described events.

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• DJDarren@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Saw an article by David Frost in the Torygraph earlier. I genuinely can’t imagine having the energy to get so irate for money about such inane shit.

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• usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  why are they so mad we did the thing they wanted

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  • GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We’re dealing with spoiled manchildren that never got told ‘no’ in their lives, and probably never will.

    It’s not enough that they always get everything they want as always, but it’s unforgivable some people entertain the idea they’re wrong at all. This is why non-CHUDs just existing irks them so much.

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• RobotToaster@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Federasts protesting at the proms, I can’t think of a more petite bourgeois thing.

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  • snacks@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    what the fuck is a federast? are you comparing these people to peadophiles/pederasts?

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    • RobotToaster@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One who is drawn towards a immature federation.

      en.wiktionary.org/wiki/federast

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  The sight of thousands of European Union flags at the Last Night of the Proms has prompted outrage from Brexiters and a call for the BBC to investigate.

  Disgraceful & misguided BBC messing up a British tradition; a political gesture which would make Sir Henry Wood turn in his grave.

  Nile Gardiner, a former aide to Margaret Thatcher and a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, posted: “Ironic to see some of the audience at The Last Night of the Proms waving EU flags while singing Rule Britannia.

  “Tens of thousands of music lovers have taken our free European flags into the Royal Albert Hall for each Last Night of the Proms in solidarity with musicians who feel (like countless others) the destructive impact of Britain’s recent isolation from Europe,” it said.

  The letter added: “We appreciate that the BBC strives to avoid controversy at all costs, but would gently point out that in doing so you might on occasion have chosen reticence rather than objectivity with regards to editorial policy on Brexit matters.

  “I’m sure it cannot have escaped your attention that the artistic endeavours on stage now happen despite, not because of, the limitations that Britain’s departure from the European Union have imposed on the creative industries.”

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