Ah, the waving of flags. Something which the headbanger Brexiteer tendency approves of when it is Union flags or flags of St George that are being waved, with those from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland tolerated. But waving the flag of the European Union? Sacrilege! High DYAH they?!? High utterly GHESTLY! Also, it provides the excuse for another whipping up of hatred.
And so it came to pass: first, the more factual and detached version from the Guardian. “The sight of hundreds of European Union flags at the Last Night of the Proms has prompted outrage from Brexiters and a call for the BBC to investigate. Those waving the EU flag in the Royal Albert Hall appeared to outnumber those waving the union flag”. And then the screamingly batshit.
Who would care to go first? Here’s the Mail to howl at the moon: “Viewers of the Last Night Of The Proms last night were up in arms after thousands of EU flags were spotted in the crowd … audience members in the historic venue brought out the blue and yellow flags during a rendition of Rule Britannia, a traditionally patriotic song”. Why oh why oh why oh why. There was more.
“Flags have long been an integral part of the Proms, with the final concert showcasing traditional British orchestral anthems - and some audience members using the night to demonstrate their political ideology [however] the EU emblem dominated TV screens … Some audience members could also be seen in EU patterned suits and berets”. TRAITAHS! STRING ‘EM UP!!
“The coverage - which featured footage of the crowd waving of EU flags during the traditional performances of patriotic anthems Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory - has been blasted as ‘disgraceful’ and ‘nauseatingly woke’”. EH? In what way is the waving of a flag showing that one is “alert to injustice in society, especially racism”? But there was worse to come.
Gammon Broadcasting™ News (“Bacon’s News Channel”) was howling yet louder. “The BBC has sparked outrage following its coverage of the Last Night of the Proms, with a former Tory MP calling for an inquiry into flag-waving pro-EU activists. Hundreds of European Union flags were being waved throughout the final performance of the summer festival”.
There was more. “Thomas Arne’s 1740 classic Rule Britannia, which is synonymous with the end-of-season concert, was seen as a tipping point for many on social media”. A succession of Brexiteer idiocy was cited in support. Nile “Chauncey” Gardiner wibbled about FREEDOM. Without realising that FREEDOM includes the FREEDOM to wave your chosen flag.
It’s nothing more than an early start to the Poppy Fascism season: it was not so long ago that ITV presenter Charlene White was bombarded with sexist and racist abuse for the heinous crime of Reading The News During Early November While Not Wearing A Poppy. Now we can add Proms Fascism: FREEDOM to wave flags, providing they are agreeable to Brexiteers.
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5 comments:
Tomorrow belongs to Nigel
Marvellous stuff.
That'll keep the Gnome Counties SS in thrall.
Add in the "swarms" of Muslamics and Chines/Russian "threats" and there's a clear impetus for a rally at Nurnberg and/or the Old Kent Road.
When the toxic little Bigot Nigel Farage along with the truly hatstand Ann Widdecombe and others waved their little plastic Union Flags in the EU Parliament, contravening the rules I might add, the mouth frothers employed by the Mail, Telegraph, Depress, Sun and now employed by Heebie Geebies and Pork TV said nothing. Zip. Nada. Nowt.
Today, they get on their hind legs and bark at the sight of the EU/Council of Europe flag being displayed on their screens. They have such delicate sensibilities, don't they?
Hypocrisy seems to be the hardest word to say for these goons and ghouls.
Next year they'll include the Horst Wessel lied.
In for a penny, in for a Fourth Reich(smark). That'll have the Rothermere Heil gang in onanist overdrive.
"Land of hope and glory, mother of the free"
But we aren't free to choose which flags to wave?
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