to think that Ben Fogle is being a bit of a twat

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He Tweeted: "It’s the Queens birthday next Tuesday. Let’s throw her a surprise. At 9am 21st April, we are calling on the whole country to sing Happy Birthday from our windows and doorsteps. Let our song bring good cheer not just to Her Majesty but to the whole nation"

I'm sure he means well but really?

Hes an annoying twat

In the diary!

Chiyo666 😂😂😂😂

Maybe we could sing a song suggesting the Royal family donate some money to the NHS, buy some ventilators or offer the use of one of their many properties to help during the crisis?

Meh. Seriously, what's the harm?
Sounds like a harmless bit of fun and what's wrong with that?
Anything to bring cheer, that's what I say.
Either do or don't t'is up to you.
It's like competitive miseryness on here lately!

What a twat. So embarrassing

If you don,t want to then don,t . I think it,s a nice idea.

I think she would find it embarrassing and inappropriate, given her relative protection from the hardships that others are facing.

I really wish my husband hadn't told me this as I held him in such high esteem before and I must remember to shut windows in this warm weather as I do not want any sheep waking me up that early. What a sycophant.

Oh, is that it? I like Ben Fogle and wondered what horrible thing he may have done to earn the thread title and hoped he hadn't done a Bublé. I won't be singing but suggesting it hardly jettisons you into twat territory.

Ah, he obviously feels he was overlooked on the latest Honours List.

@Chiyo666 that’s made my day

Ummm, Yeah. Totally. Why doesn’t he suggest people donate to their local food bank or women’s hostel, so that at least it means something to someone?

A twat for suggesting that?

Erm no.

Thanks for this. The Twitter feed has given me the best laugh I've had in forever!

There are other nonagenarians whose praises I'd willingly sing. This woman doesn't feature among them; not does the overprivileged, undemocratic, anachronistic institution she represents.

Compare Elizabeth Windsor's response to the CV19 crisis with that of Capt. Tom Moore. Whose is most worthy of commendation?

@WotchaTalkinBoutWillis, will you be doing it then?

The thing I look forward to the most (bar people not dying in droves obviously) when this is all over, is other people not accusing anyone who doesn't agree with fake-niceties, virtue signalling and any other behaviour that would otherwise have a normal British person thinking 'what a twat', of being a 'miserable bastard/fun sponge/name calling of choice'.

Awwww his hearts in the right place

I respect the Queen. Ben's a Royal toady. Other than that it's not really worth your angst OP. The whole country is a bit off kilter at the moment due to this bloody virus.

Aw I've got a soft spot for Ben Fogle, one of my relatives used to work with him. He means well.

Ill happily accept anybody singing happy birthday to me on tuesday

Fucking 9am?? Fuck off.
Does he really think people want to be outside singing Happy Birthday at 9am?
For goodness sake - do it in the late afternoon or evening if you really have to, let people (including the Queen) have a lie in.

Compare Elizabeth Windsor's response to the CV19 crisis with that of Capt. Tom Moore. Whose is most worthy of commendation? Well he said that he thought the Queen was a wonderful woman. I respect his view more than yours.

It just comes across as a desperate attention-seeking exercise on Fogle's part. And it is quite desperate. He's never suggested it before so he is just piggybacking off the Thursday claps which, in my opinion, has become a tedious out-do the neighbours to show I care more noise making exercise.

Yabu. I love Ben Fogle.

Not sure the queen would even hear it would she? The royal estate doesn’t exactly have neighbors!

All I remember about Ben Fogle is that he had that flesh eating disease!