That's not allowed now though.
Don't forget that something along the lines of "I wish so and so was dead" is now considered a credible death threat entitling the named person to police peotection.
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That's not allowed now though.
Don't forget that something along the lines of "I wish so and so was dead" is now considered a credible death threat entitling the named person to police peotection.
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ha, I doubt he really cares about his comment, probably posted his 'apology' to get rid of the cotton wool twitter brigade.
A man with big arms would have just tanked the dps.
Yeah fair and agree. Personally if my daughter rightly called me out, I'd feel a bit of a **** but each to their own.
Personally, I think what Clarkson wrote went a bit too far.
However, I'm not particuarly keen on Harry and Meghan. I think airing their dirty laundry in public is the height of poor form.
What I find irksome is that any negative comment directed towards Meghan makes you racist or misogynistic. I listen to LBC and James OB appears to have put both on a pedestal and god help you if dare to be critical about the couple.
I'm not sure when exactly the UK press turned on Meghan. I do think there is an argument that they appear to have gone for her but I don't know what started it.
However, I'm not particuarly keen on Harry and Meghan. I think airing their dirty laundry in public is the height of poor form.
What I find irksome is that any negative comment directed towards Meghan makes you racist or misogynistic. I listen to LBC and James OB appears to have put both on a pedestal and god help you if dare to be critical about the couple.
I'm not sure when exactly the UK press turned on Meghan. I do think there is an argument that they appear to have gone for her but I don't know what started it.
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Seriously, if it was you and your wife being constantly harrassed by the media how long would you have lasted?
But they're doing what they complained about. They constantly whinged their privacy was being invaded but they're also constantly putting their private life in the spotlight.
It's the disproportion as well. They could never do another interview, press release again and live underground for the rest of their lives.
Do people honestly think the DM, Clarkson, Wooton etc would all of a sudden stop? Heck no.
Edit - can we clear something up. Do we have the quotes/pieces where they specifically asked for privacy (I don't doubt it but want to see exactly how they said it)?
Edit - so far all I have found is Harry hoping for a 'quieter' life. They sued for invasion of privacy (assume that will be the DM). Then Meghan said "everyone has a basic right to privacy" in her Oprah interview (the cheek of saying such a thing). She also refuted the specifics about them wanting privacy....."They’ve created a false narrative. I’ve never talked about privacy". And talked about 'boundaries' and 'respect'. Admittedly this is 5 minutes of research and I am trying to find a more direct quote they supposedly said ("we want to be private") but this doesn't quite match up the narrative that's been pushed.
Do people honestly think the DM, Clarkson, Wooton etc would all of a sudden stop? Heck no.
Edit - can we clear something up. Do we have the quotes/pieces where they specifically asked for privacy (I don't doubt it but want to see exactly how they said it)?
Edit - so far all I have found is Harry hoping for a 'quieter' life. They sued for invasion of privacy (assume that will be the DM). Then Meghan said "everyone has a basic right to privacy" in her Oprah interview (the cheek of saying such a thing). She also refuted the specifics about them wanting privacy....."They’ve created a false narrative. I’ve never talked about privacy". And talked about 'boundaries' and 'respect'. Admittedly this is 5 minutes of research and I am trying to find a more direct quote they supposedly said ("we want to be private") but this doesn't quite match up the narrative that's been pushed.
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Hmmm well at least until I’d finished writing the book and filming the series.
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In the Netflix documentary, Harry implies that after his and Meghan first tour away to Australia, and the glowing press it generated, his brothers press team started putting out negative stories/lies about them.
He said that previously Him and William had seen the same happen to Charles and his siblings and they had made a pact never to do that to each other.
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What I noticed was that it wasn't his family members he was having a go at but the Aides.
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This is the comical irony of those that try to portray him as "subservient" for sticking by her. What self respecting husband would stand back and see his wife treated like that?
The people calling him a pussy whipped wimp are the same people who cried on demand when a 98 year old who was practically a fictitious character to them "suddenly" died.
The mental gymnastics involved here is just... Well, mental really.
Err...
Consider you and the rest of your right-wing chums were completely and utterly hoodwinked enough to vote directly against their own interests by something as simple as some lies on the side of a bus, don't underestimate the effect of a newspaper column on the more gullible elements of society.
Another thing that surprises me, does it take all of this shenanigans with Harry and Meghan to realise that elements of our press are nasty, deceitful and toxic (Piers Morgan/British soldiers, using dead kid's answerphones, taking a picture of Kate topless a mile away in private and claiming it's in the UK's interest for publication, chasing Di down in her car, decades of lying about the EU and immigrants, telling us nurses/doctors/barristers/judges are the enemy and growingly working against the British public)?
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The article is in the OP - they never said they wanted privacy, that's just a made up narrative to continue attacking them.
They basically said they wanted out and were happy to stand on their own two feet financially. The backlash since is just a massive group of people struggling with rejection.
Prince Harry and Meghan to step back from royal family
Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they intend to ‘work to become financially independent’
www.theguardian.com
Lol seeing the recent headlines about your beloved corrupt foreign empire I think you are the gullible one.
Admittedly even I fell for it. And have taken it at value when discussing it with friends and colleagues. It's being the basis of quite a few friend's arguments.The article is in the OP - they never said they wanted privacy, that's just a made up narrative to continue attacking them.
They basically said they wanted out and were happy to stand on their own two feet financially. The backlash since is just a massive group of people struggling with rejection.
Prince Harry and Meghan to step back from royal family
Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they intend to ‘work to become financially independent’
What headlines about a corrupt empire (seriously asking as I don't know what your referring to)?
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Unfortunately the British public are thick as pig **** and forget easily. If the death of Diana didn't permanently reform the tabloid sleaze I can't see anything ever doing it. Print will die out due to costs, but it'll all move online and continue as before.
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So they should just have rolled over and taken the constant onslaught of the UK tabloid press? People accuse him of being subservient but then also expect him to not fight back against some of the biggest scum to walk upright in this country. They ruin lives for a living.
I certainly remember them turning on her at the wedding. Digging into her family and her relationships with her father and extended family. I'd say 50% of us have problems with our families somewhere and none of us would consider it fair game for the tabloids to use it to attack us.
They are fighting back. One minute he's weak and subservient and when he fights back he's wrong. He just can't win.
The idea our royal family are above reproach is laughable. Yes the Queen served this country and deserved our respect, the rest of them deserve nothing. A bunch a sponges, privileged toffs who are a throwback to a time long passed. Just because they were born in the right cot doesn't mean they are anything special or should get a pass.
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