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Well, I'm a grandfather too. I used to buy a newspaper for the Telegraph crossword. I haven't done so for about forty years.
Poll: Do you, or anyone in your house, buy a newspaper?
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Soldato
I dont buy a newspaper, but..
My nieghbour is a 95 year old lady. She has a paper every day and when shes done she pushes it through our letterbox.
Just my way of knowing shes ok. No paper by teatime ill knock on check shes alright.
My nieghbour is a 95 year old lady. She has a paper every day and when shes done she pushes it through our letterbox.
Just my way of knowing shes ok. No paper by teatime ill knock on check shes alright.
Nope, not bought one in years. We pay for the TV Licence which funds the BBC so I just use their news site, although I wish it wasn't so damn dumbed down and full of social justice rubbish. At least it's near completely reliable though.
Ugh, my Mum regularly buys the Mail and then tries to quote it to me like it's gospel. I can almost feel the brain cells committing suicide as I listen.
Ugh, my Mum regularly buys the Mail and then tries to quote it to me like it's gospel. I can almost feel the brain cells committing suicide as I listen.
It's really interesting to read the replies (and the poll, thanks Mods).
I used to buy the local newspaper regularly and read it from cover to cover. Then it went out of business, and now its online - though the website is full of adverts.
I noticed that too. I was surprised. How many working class people can afford to pay £20 a week for the Guardian!?
I used to buy the local newspaper regularly and read it from cover to cover. Then it went out of business, and now its online - though the website is full of adverts.
I noticed that too. I was surprised. How many working class people can afford to pay £20 a week for the Guardian!?
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Soldato
My dad is also a grandfather and doesn't buy a newspaper, what a crazy world we live in..
I used to almost religiously buy the Guardian until it became rabidly middle class false left and self-obsessed - the Independent is anything but "independent" and try to be more Guardian than the Guardian. The papers now represent their own clique, and the only side NOT represented by papers or TV or Radio are the ordinary working class people. So no. I stopped buying them. I also along with hundreds of thousands others stopped voting Labour too, and am further away than ever. They are not the party of the working classes any more (who still pay for it remember)
I do often read ALL papers on the net - and worryingly, I find myself agreeing more and more often with the Tory ones, and getting enraged by yet more self-destructive lunacy with the Labour ones
I do often read ALL papers on the net - and worryingly, I find myself agreeing more and more often with the Tory ones, and getting enraged by yet more self-destructive lunacy with the Labour ones
Man of Honour
We don't. My parents still do, although my dad just uses it as a good reason to stop off at the pub for a couple of pints on a Saturday/Sunday afternoon when he picks it up 
Caporegime
Not bought a newspaper for years, occasionally read various ones which reminds me why I haven’t bought one for years….
Ever tried glasses? Edit: genuinely asking (I’m advised you have poor eyesight) an old , late mate of mine was blind in one eye and very very poorly sighted in his other yet recent developments in glasses technology allowed him to read newspapers and the like again.
Ever tried glasses? Edit: genuinely asking (I’m advised you have poor eyesight) an old , late mate of mine was blind in one eye and very very poorly sighted in his other yet recent developments in glasses technology allowed him to read newspapers and the like again.
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Man of Honour
You obviously don't know about his awful eyesight problems
Does anyone remember on a Saturday night watching Blind Date or Stars in their Eyes and during the adverts the News of the World or Sunday Mirror would be advertising some EXCLUSIVE STORY available in the paper the next day! Usually some low budged knocked up in 5 minutes advert with high drama voiceover of a scandal that would "Shock the world!!!" and only avaioable in that paper in the morning.
Looking back its a bit sick knowing what papers like the News of The World were actually up to.
Looking back its a bit sick knowing what papers like the News of The World were actually up to.
Caporegime
No idea, genuinely asking though, an old mate of mine was blind in one eye and very very poorly sighted in his other yet recent developments in glasses technology allowed him to read again, in fairness I should have put that in my reply and have edited it.
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Nope , we get a community (council?) paper , I dont read that either.
Soldato
We get customers like your mum! It’s infuriating. We are NOT interested in the BS rubbish. Don’t have the heart to say will you stop talking about this. Usually I change the subject about food/drink based on their shopping or something local.
I was never really a newspaper buyer, always went for a good magazine.
I've not bought one for decades and I consume less and less mainstream media by the week.
News has been replaced by editorial opinion and I don't need someone who shares few of my values to tell me what to think. Sadly our nation seems to want more of this as the current petrol issues evidence.
I've not bought one for decades and I consume less and less mainstream media by the week.
News has been replaced by editorial opinion and I don't need someone who shares few of my values to tell me what to think. Sadly our nation seems to want more of this as the current petrol issues evidence.