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Post by steve10086 on Mar 9, 2021 22:09:05 GMT
To create a moment. To create drama. To get people talking about the show Yep, it’s all a show.
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Post by daisy24601 on Mar 9, 2021 22:09:53 GMT
It makes me sick that anyone would defend what he said.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 10, 2021 8:45:02 GMT
To create a moment. To create drama. To get people talking about the show Yep, it’s all a show. He was had off by his own weatherman on his own show for words that he wouldn't apologise for so he decided to leave instead. He's useless at this then isn't he?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2021 9:03:26 GMT
He was had off by his own weatherman on his own show for words that he wouldn't apologise for so he decided to leave instead. He's useless at this then isn't he? He belongs on a planet with no atmosphere in another solar system, far away from this one, with the likes of Katie Hopkins and Nigel Farage. They're all the same; narcissist, deranged, attention grabbing idiots who survive off creating reactions. Their world is all about them and they care very little for the people or issues they tread on in the pursuit of attention. The only reason Piers Morgan held Government representatives to account was because it got people talk about him rather than the issue.
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Post by steve10086 on Mar 10, 2021 9:07:06 GMT
He was had off by his own weatherman on his own show for words that he wouldn't apologise for so he decided to leave instead. He's useless at this then isn't he? www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56341511“ The vital context here is that he has come close to doing so before. Morgan has had very lucrative offers from other broadcasters in recent years, found the very early starts gruelling, and doesn't need the money. He has big earnings from owning the rights to some of his formats that are broadcast in the US, and has been on a seven-figure salary for the Daily Mail group, where he writes several columns.” He’s been dialling up the anti H&M rants to the point that his position became untenable, but that was the plan. He was not “had off” by a weatherman. Morgan wouldn’t just resign from the show like anyone else. He wants headlines, he wants drama - a confrontation and a walkout are part of his act. People who like him will want to follow him to his next venture even more now!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Mar 10, 2021 9:08:41 GMT
He was had off by his own weatherman on his own show for words that he wouldn't apologise for so he decided to leave instead. He's useless at this then isn't he? He is being talked about. A lot. We are doing it. Many, many others are doing the same. We don't know what is going on behind the scenes. But we do know that GB News is about to launch. And there is speculation that he might be part of that new set up. So this may well have been a stunt that leads up to him being announced as an anchor on that (or something similar) Yes I am a cynic about these things.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 10, 2021 9:12:22 GMT
He was had off by his own weatherman on his own show for words that he wouldn't apologise for so he decided to leave instead. He's useless at this then isn't he? He is being talked about. A lot. We are doing it. Many, many others are doing the same. We don't know what is going on behind the scenes. But we do know that GB News is about to launch. And there is speculation that he might be part of that new set up. So this may well have been a stunt that leads up to him being announced as an anchor on that (or something similar) Yes I am a cynic about these things. Yeah he is being talked about but we are saying his words went over the top and storming off stage made him look a little silly. Did Morgan really want that? He's not very good at at this is he?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 10, 2021 9:13:11 GMT
He was had off by his own weatherman on his own show for words that he wouldn't apologise for so he decided to leave instead. He's useless at this then isn't he? www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56341511“ The vital context here is that he has come close to doing so before. Morgan has had very lucrative offers from other broadcasters in recent years, found the very early starts gruelling, and doesn't need the money. He has big earnings from owning the rights to some of his formats that are broadcast in the US, and has been on a seven-figure salary for the Daily Mail group, where he writes several columns.” He’s been dialling up the anti H&M rants to the point that his position became untenable, but that was the plan. He was not “had off” by a weatherman. Morgan wouldn’t just resign from the show like anyone else. He wants headlines, he wants drama - a confrontation and a walkout are part of his act. People who like him will want to follow him to his next venture even more now! Piers Morgans face begs to differ...
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Post by steve10086 on Mar 10, 2021 9:17:29 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56341511“ The vital context here is that he has come close to doing so before. Morgan has had very lucrative offers from other broadcasters in recent years, found the very early starts gruelling, and doesn't need the money. He has big earnings from owning the rights to some of his formats that are broadcast in the US, and has been on a seven-figure salary for the Daily Mail group, where he writes several columns.” He’s been dialling up the anti H&M rants to the point that his position became untenable, but that was the plan. He was not “had off” by a weatherman. Morgan wouldn’t just resign from the show like anyone else. He wants headlines, he wants drama - a confrontation and a walkout are part of his act. People who like him will want to follow him to his next venture even more now! Piers Morgans face begs to differ... It’s clear you believe his act.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 10, 2021 9:47:27 GMT
Piers Morgans face begs to differ... It’s clear you believe his act. Don't know if I do or I don't. Certainly to an extent but he has got this one badly wrong. The horrified look on hi face could have been that he had been called out on live tv and he had nowhere to run of course. Either way, he's not very good at this is he?
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Post by steve10086 on Mar 10, 2021 10:29:24 GMT
It’s clear you believe his act. Don't know if I do or I don't. Certainly to an extent but he has got this one badly wrong. The horrified look on hi face could have been that he had been called out on live tv and he had nowhere to run of course. Either way, he's not very good at this is he? He’s great at it! Everyone is talking about him. That’s all that matters. Being called out on live TV would be bad for most people. He wanted it! It’s the plan. He’s Mr Controversy. Don’t compare him to the actions/feelings of a normal decent person.
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Post by poster J on Mar 10, 2021 10:35:32 GMT
It’s clear you believe his act. Don't know if I do or I don't. Certainly to an extent but he has got this one badly wrong. The horrified look on hi face could have been that he had been called out on live tv and he had nowhere to run of course. Either way, he's not very good at this is he? His recent Twitter posts suggest he was very much in control of all of this. It's all about publicity for him and him alone.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 10, 2021 10:37:09 GMT
Don't know if I do or I don't. Certainly to an extent but he has got this one badly wrong. The horrified look on hi face could have been that he had been called out on live tv and he had nowhere to run of course. Either way, he's not very good at this is he? He’s great at it! Everyone is talking about him. That’s all that matters. Being called out on live TV would be bad for most people. He wanted it! It’s the plan. He’s Mr Controversy. Don’t compare him to the actions/feelings of a normal decent person. I'm not with you there, I think as a narcissist he needs to be right on everything. That doesn't include being shown up by Beresford. Did you see the next twenty minutes or so of the programme? Even better I thought. Morgan was scrambling around trying to get away from the baby colour question and mental health and turn the belief around to who did she ask at the Palace for help. Beresford was having none of it. As it turns out with what we now know, I think he was fighting for his life, well at least his current job and mouth piece. Worth a view back I'd say
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Post by Phantom of London on Mar 10, 2021 17:48:02 GMT
Today’s news is tomorrow’s chip wrapping.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 11, 2021 16:23:44 GMT
Well a white male member of the family has confirmed that they aren't racist. So thats that then. Case closed.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 11, 2021 16:25:22 GMT
Well a white male member of the family has confirmed that they aren't racist. So thats that then. Case closed. He he Unless, William is taking the blame and is saying the family aren't racist?
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Post by Someone in a tree on Mar 12, 2021 9:41:59 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 12:02:25 GMT
Well a white male member of the family has confirmed that they aren't racist. So thats that then. Case closed. He he Unless, William is taking the blame and is saying the family aren't racist?
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Post by sfsusan on Mar 12, 2021 18:03:16 GMT
Once on the spot, Prince William could do little but go along with the ridiculous 'ceremonial' ride. Whoever approved the event, however, demonstrated how tone-deaf The Firm can be. (It reminds me of the optics of Melania Trump and her pith helmet in Kenya in 2018. Although I'm 100% sure she picked the outfit herself.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 19:13:02 GMT
Once on the spot, Prince William could do little but go along with the ridiculous 'ceremonial' ride. Whoever approved the event, however, demonstrated how tone-deaf The Firm can be. (It reminds me of the optics of Melania Trump and her pith helmet in Kenya in 2018. Although I'm 100% sure she picked the outfit herself.) He's a grown adult, capable of considering the historical significance, making his own choices, saying "do you know what, this would make me feel uncomfortable, no" or "this isn't right" (as are all his colleagues involved) but instead he gets up and enjoys it. I suppose if someone scheduled in a royal sexual endeavour with an minor they'd be just as obliged to comply. Oh wait.
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Post by samuelwhiskers on Mar 12, 2021 19:51:02 GMT
The RF have access to the best and most expensive teams of publicists in the world and have most of the British media willing to play along, yet they're rubbish at even basic PR. They haven't changed their PR strategies since the 80s and are out of touch.
The PR stunts they've pulled are just laughable. Like something out of a satire. The budget airline stunt. William being hustled into a mask when he didn't wear one during crowded meet'n'greets and shoved in a car (to combat the claim Meghan wasn't allowed to drive) and told to drive around look tearful in front of the invited paps. The press office scrambling to call the a Rent-a-Minority agency to find black women willing to put on African-looking clothes and trot around after Will and Kate for the paps, or shake hands with Charles for the paps. Is the RF press office so stupid and racist they think the public will buy these cheap and exploitative PR stunts, or is the problem they think we are?
Meghan could have been a huge asset. She's beautiful and charismatic and has an enviable work ethic. Who else in the RF is willing to get up at 5am and spend all day with women being supported by a charity? Anne certainly, probably Sophie, maybe Camilla if she's allowed to knock off for a gin and a nap at lunchtime. Most of the senior royals are ageing and William and Kate are completely work-shy. The RF need glamorous young people who the British public can connect with. Diana and Meghan both had the knack of connecting with ordinary people and the RF resented them rather than utilizing them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 19:52:35 GMT
Once on the spot, Prince William could do little but go along with the ridiculous 'ceremonial' ride. Whoever approved the event, however, demonstrated how tone-deaf The Firm can be. (It reminds me of the optics of Melania Trump and her pith helmet in Kenya in 2018. Although I'm 100% sure she picked the outfit herself.) He's a grown adult, capable of considering the historical significance, making his own choices, saying "do you know what, this would make me feel uncomfortable, no" or "this isn't right" (as are all his colleagues involved) but instead he gets up and enjoys it. I suppose if someone scheduled in a royal sexual endeavour with an minor they'd be just as obliged to comply. Oh wait. I mean, he could have arrived, seen what the host nation had planned, and said no. But how offensive would that have been to the hosts - a visiting member of royalty basically saying, “Stuff your welcome ceremony!” This from a newspaper article at the time suggests a great deal of local pride in sharing a tradition from Tuvalu: “The islanders had promised the Duke and Duchess would be carried off their aircraft, in keeping with the tradition of carrying visitors who arrive by sea, but the Royal couple had no idea how it would happen until the moment they arrived. “The couple looked delighted when 25 men in traditional Polynesian dress emerged with the home-made double throne, on which they were carried to a tribal hall on the main island of the group for a raucous welcoming ceremony, known as a falekaupule ceremony.” Can nobody on Twitter see how insulting it is to take away the right of people (who happen this time to be people of colour) to greet their guests however they darn well like, instead pointing fingers and crying, “Racist!”? Sorry, but that feels uncomfortably ‘white saviour’ in and of itself. Also, it happened nearly 10 years ago. Everyone involved might do it a bit differently now, I guess. (Or not... traditions can take a while to change!)
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Mar 12, 2021 19:57:44 GMT
He's a grown adult, capable of considering the historical significance, making his own choices, saying "do you know what, this would make me feel uncomfortable, no" or "this isn't right" (as are all his colleagues involved) but instead he gets up and enjoys it. I suppose if someone scheduled in a royal sexual endeavour with an minor they'd be just as obliged to comply. Oh wait. I mean, he could have arrived, seen what the host nation had planned, and said no. But how offensive would that have been to the hosts - a visiting member of royalty basically saying, “Stuff your welcome ceremony!” This from a newspaper article at the time suggests a great deal of local pride in sharing a tradition from Tuvalu: “The islanders had promised the Duke and Duchess would be carried off their aircraft, in keeping with the tradition of carrying visitors who arrive by sea, but the Royal couple had no idea how it would happen until the moment they arrived. “The couple looked delighted when 25 men in traditional Polynesian dress emerged with the home-made double throne, on which they were carried to a tribal hall on the main island of the group for a raucous welcoming ceremony, known as a falekaupule ceremony.” Can nobody on Twitter see how insulting it is to take away the right of people (who happen this time to be people of colour) to greet their guests however they darn well like, instead pointing fingers and crying, “Racist!”? Sorry, but that feels uncomfortably ‘white saviour’ in and of itself. Also, it happened nearly 10 years ago. Everyone involved might do it a bit differently now, I guess. (Or not... traditions can take a while to change!) Fair comment that
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 20:21:37 GMT
He's a grown adult, capable of considering the historical significance, making his own choices, saying "do you know what, this would make me feel uncomfortable, no" or "this isn't right" (as are all his colleagues involved) but instead he gets up and enjoys it. I suppose if someone scheduled in a royal sexual endeavour with an minor they'd be just as obliged to comply. Oh wait. I mean, he could have arrived, seen what the host nation had planned, and said no. But how offensive would that have been to the hosts - a visiting member of royalty basically saying, “Stuff your welcome ceremony!” This from a newspaper article at the time suggests a great deal of local pride in sharing a tradition from Tuvalu: “The islanders had promised the Duke and Duchess would be carried off their aircraft, in keeping with the tradition of carrying visitors who arrive by sea, but the Royal couple had no idea how it would happen until the moment they arrived. “The couple looked delighted when 25 men in traditional Polynesian dress emerged with the home-made double throne, on which they were carried to a tribal hall on the main island of the group for a raucous welcoming ceremony, known as a falekaupule ceremony.” Can nobody on Twitter see how insulting it is to take away the right of people (who happen this time to be people of colour) to greet their guests however they darn well like, instead pointing fingers and crying, “Racist!”? Sorry, but that feels uncomfortably ‘white saviour’ in and of itself. Also, it happened nearly 10 years ago. Everyone involved might do it a bit differently now, I guess. (Or not... traditions can take a while to change!) The only reason they were greeted with such pomp and circumstance was because the British Monarchy still technically rule there as a result of their barging over and claiming Tuvalu as their own, as was the British method way back when. Prior to William & Kates visit, there was movement to abolish the British Monarchy's power there. That ceremony only took place because of British Colonisation and I suspect was undertaken out of perceived obligation rather than an emotional tradition urge as you'd imply. Not that it should be relevant, but it was a person of colour who pointed this out to me, so please do try brandish me as a 'white saviour' in this instance.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 20:31:25 GMT
So, maybe, lets have a think about the origins of that particular tradition. A Monarch being paraded around on a throne carried by servants (slaves). Hmmm I wonder how that might have come about.
Perhaps through the subjugation of the indigenous people of Tuvalu, this 'ceremony' became forced into tradition by the British people.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2021 0:12:47 GMT
Didn’t watch the interview, no interest in the monarchy.
However on a human level the sheer vitriol aimed at Megan since day one has been unbelievable.
And she’s been blamed for everything.
Yet, the clips I’ve seen, including Gogglebox tonight, Megan was a third party to a lot of the conversations.
It was Harry who was party to them and then he obviously told Megan. She wasn’t there when the ‘colour’ of Archie was raised.
She wasn’t there when the ‘family’ were saying they couldn’t afford her and she should keep working as an actress and Archie wouldn’t have protection growing up.
It seems from day one she wasn’t welcome by the family, the media and then parts of society.
I don’t know how she can be blamed for everything.
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Post by anthony40 on Mar 13, 2021 8:41:28 GMT
Yep, it was worth watching Gogglebox just to see their reaction to the interview.
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Post by The Matthew on Mar 13, 2021 15:22:42 GMT
In a spectacular lack of self-awareness, the Daily Mail is upset that a news organisation has selectively taken their comments out of context and misrepresented them in order to create a story.
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Post by theatreian on May 4, 2021 16:23:44 GMT
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Post by sph on May 4, 2021 16:42:51 GMT
Why on Earth are famous actors always writing books? How fortunate we are that famous authors don't usually take it upon themselves to start performing.
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