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Glinner gig now to be held outside Holyrood! Thu, 730pm

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zaramysaviour · 17/08/2023 19:28

I thought this merited a separate thread instead of my posting it on the main 'Glinner cancelled in Edinburgh' one - happy to remove if not.

Andrew Doyle has just tweeted that, after a second venue cancelled the Comedy Unleashed gig with Glinner, the gig is now going to Holyrood.

Twitter link here: https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1692238678951653848

And screenshot attached for non-X users.

Glinner gig now to be held outside Holyrood! Thu, 730pm
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zaramysaviour · 17/08/2023 21:36

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 21:24

Is it just me or has the tone of both the media reports and the Twitter response been surprisingly factual in the former case and supportive of Glinner in the latter?

There are some rather sad bods trying desperately to make fun of how Graham looks and the fact he's divorced, but other than that I get the feeling that public opinion has shifted very firmly in Linehans favour.

It's always telling when people resort to ad homs.

Yes, exactly, imo. 'Even' the Guardian reported it fairly neutrally. And that poll! And in Scotland!

I had a bit of a 'you can lay down your sword' moment earlier, re the Herald Scotland poll. The tide has shifted - not is shifting, as many of us have said only recently. Yes, there is lots left to do, and many shocking cases appearing weekly/daily - so I am not laying down my sword just yet. But in the UK at least, we have won.

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LateSummerLobelia · 17/08/2023 21:36

Good on you Glinner.

More power to your elbow.

FWIW my 13 year old DS has just discovered The It crowd. He has autism and anxiety and watching The IT Crowd is the about the only time I see him fully relaxed and delighted with life.

ColinTheGenderMinotaur · 17/08/2023 21:31

Couple of snaps lifted off Dominic Frisby’s Xwitter.

Presuming that’s our Graham on the stage behind him? Not many comics as tall as Glinner.

Glinner gig now to be held outside Holyrood! Thu, 730pm
Glinner gig now to be held outside Holyrood! Thu, 730pm
ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 21:31

ApocalipstickNow · 17/08/2023 21:30

Bloody Hell!

I feel like the Eastenders duff duffs are going to kick in after reading that!

Maybe the Archers dum dee dum dee dum dee.dums?

ApocalipstickNow · 17/08/2023 21:30

Bloody Hell!

I feel like the Eastenders duff duffs are going to kick in after reading that!

ATerrorofLeftovers · 17/08/2023 21:29

RudsyFarmer · 17/08/2023 19:49

Honestly it’s a fucking embarrassment. When did comedy become so pedestrian and terrified? I can remember Ben Elton and the importance of taking the piss out of authority. The Young Ones giving two fingers to anyone who tried to tell them how to think. It’s completely bizarre to me that they have all cowed to these activists. Grow some bloody balls FFS.

Absolutely this. It’s cringily embarrassing how craven and cowardly they are. They seem to misunderstand their societal role, that’s been played out for thousands of years.

EnfysPreseli · 17/08/2023 21:29

Brilliant! The gig in front of Holyrood thing, not all the other crap.

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 21:24

Is it just me or has the tone of both the media reports and the Twitter response been surprisingly factual in the former case and supportive of Glinner in the latter?

There are some rather sad bods trying desperately to make fun of how Graham looks and the fact he's divorced, but other than that I get the feeling that public opinion has shifted very firmly in Linehans favour.

It's always telling when people resort to ad homs.

RealityFan · 17/08/2023 21:22

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 20:50

Gosh, sunlight everywhere.

https://reduxx.info/uk-prominent-trans-activist-known-for-having-opponents-arrested-has-history-of-indecent-assault-on-14-year-old-boy/

What am I missing? Hayden's photo in this Reduxx article is nothing like the one on his Twitter bio.

Also...it's self evident what Haden is guilty of, where's does he get off threatening Talk TV and Linehan with yet more legal action?

Wetandhorrible · 17/08/2023 21:07

ArabeIIaKarenScott · 17/08/2023 20:50

Gosh, sunlight everywhere.

https://reduxx.info/uk-prominent-trans-activist-known-for-having-opponents-arrested-has-history-of-indecent-assault-on-14-year-old-boy/

Thank you for the link; I'm a mainly lurker, so know bits, but to see it all laid out so clearly is helpful. Also Glinner stating the media protects sexual predators,and them going to a man who was written in favour of PIE members,and adults having sexual 'relationships' with children , is unintentionally hilarious 🤣👍

2Rebecca · 17/08/2023 20:40

Most Fringe audiences are tiny so the cancelling has just brought this show to a much wider audience. If the Arches had just shown it hardly anyone would have known about it and the newspapers wouldn't have been interested. TRAs don't understand how publicity works

ColinTheGenderMinotaur · 17/08/2023 20:32

Amazing.

Never let the bastards grind you down 😊

BoreOfWhabylon · 17/08/2023 20:32

Brilliant!

KJK tactics Grin

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ChaToilLeam · 17/08/2023 20:20

Wish I could be there!

Redshoeblueshoe · 17/08/2023 20:18

Excellent. I'd love to see it.

Saucery · 17/08/2023 20:01

Oh well played! ❤️

FizzingAda · 17/08/2023 20:01

Absolutely bloody superb!!!! I wish Sturgeon was looking out of the window to see it!

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zaramysaviour · 17/08/2023 19:57

If you're on Twitter, people are posting updates and vids: https://twitter.com/UnleashedComedy

The video just posted uses the hashtag #EdFringe and copies in @UnleashedComedy

https://twitter.com/UnleashedComedy

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MrsMarzetti · 17/08/2023 19:56

Brilliant, hope there are thousands there to watch it.

Medlady · 17/08/2023 19:54

I’m dead chuffed about that

RudsyFarmer · 17/08/2023 19:49

Honestly it’s a fucking embarrassment. When did comedy become so pedestrian and terrified? I can remember Ben Elton and the importance of taking the piss out of authority. The Young Ones giving two fingers to anyone who tried to tell them how to think. It’s completely bizarre to me that they have all cowed to these activists. Grow some bloody balls FFS.

ATerrorofLeftovers · 17/08/2023 19:44

I’d been despairing of Scotland and how given over it was to this utterly ridiculous misogyny. But that 97% figure made me cheer. Maybe there is hope for sanity, and adult-level thinking, after all.

Brilliant that the show is going ahead. It should never have been cancelled, of course. I hope it’s streamed and will tune in if so.

TidyDancer · 17/08/2023 19:41

Oh I would absolutely pay to watch a stream of this!