to be pissed off with the government NYE 'celebrations'

[ThatWasThat]

am watching now. Patronising propoganda. so naive, so upsetting

The start of trite Vogon-esque poetry had me switching off before the first stanza was complete.
There was already too much of that in 2020.

@whoamongstus

I thought it was deeply embarassing that they paraded the Captain Tom drones about in their lightshow like it isn't a failure on the behalf of the government to fund the NHS adequately, and we let a hundred year old man drag himself up and down the garden to raise money.

I hate this horrible little country sometimes!

It was organised by the Mayor of London, not the government. He's not in charge of NHS funding, so of course he can celebrate Captain Tom.

I didn't realise it was on @sally067 until I saw a FB post from Sadique linking to a Daily Fail article bemoaning the pro-EU / BLM themes. So yes, the DF readers are frothing at the mouth, bless

I just watched it on catch up. I thought it was fabulous and I cried pretty much throughout. It made me think back to 2012 and the NHS tribute at the Olympic opening ceremony (the government tried to squash that too but Danny Boyle refused to budge). As an NHS worker, I felt it was an appropriate and welcome tribute.

The turtle at at end...

@nosswith

There should not have been any. There should have been a curfew.

There were no crowds, no people watching except from their homes. No one new it was happening.

I watched it this morning, thought it was quite brilliant. A poignant tribute to such a difficult year.

BLM had no place in there and I switched off as soon as I saw it. Black Lives Matter as a concept is true. BLM the politicised, organised Marxist group should get absolutely no promotion.

@ThatWasThat

am watching now. Patronising propoganda. so naive, so upsetting

OP have you changed your view now you know that it wasn't a government event, but one organised by the Mayor of London, so a Labour politician with no control over NHS funding?

This would be the labour mayors NYE celebrations yes?

So the opposite of the government?

@HmmSureJan

BLM had no place in there and I switched off as soon as I saw it. Black Lives Matter as a concept is true. BLM the politicised, organised Marxist group should get absolutely no promotion.

And you can't tell the difference so you switched off?

Are you virtue signalling your beliefs?
Maybe it should be cancelled and you should complain to OFCOM about how offended you were?

@HmmSureJan

Did you also think about complaining to OFCOM about the Vicar of Dibley when she took the knee and talked about racism?

200 people did. No doubt people like you will complain about this as well.

I thought it was really good - reminded me of Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony.

Boris didn't organise it...

I didn't think it was bad. Perhaps I'd prefer something abstract personally, but I enjoyed it and liked the use of new technologies. Thought it was very clever. I don't think it was put on by the Govt so disagree with some earlier comments. Happy New Year!

[quote chomalungma]@HmmSureJan

Did you also think about complaining to OFCOM about the Vicar of Dibley when she took the knee and talked about racism?

200 people did. No doubt people like you will complain about this as well.[/quote]
No. I just didn't watch it.

Sadiq Khan just knows how to push the right buttons

Was the EU flag in it? Cool!

@chomalungma

Sadiq Khan just knows how to push the right buttons

I know, right? I'd like to know how many "locked down Londoners" are actually raging about this.

Well since it was our mayor I’m just amazed he didn’t get the baby pink and baby blue flag in these somewhere...

@CherryLilt

Was the EU flag in it? Cool!

I think that people may have thought they saw the colours so assumed it was the EU flag colours.

@CherryLilt

Was the EU flag in it? Cool!

Definitely EU colours. Not sure if the flag was in there too. I think just having purple and yellow would be a good way making them point intended. Though I'd also be up for the full flag!

@Belleende I thought the same about how it brought back feelings of the Olympic opening ceremony-
I had a little tear watching it

It was amazing and a very apt summary of 2020 by the London Mayor. So very proud to be a Londoner.

So many awesome moments; the drone 'eagle' riding from the ashes, Coldplay's 'every tear is a waterfall' playing during a 'waterfall' firework display on Tower Bridge, the rainbow lights and fireworks tribute to the NHS and the funny reference to video calls.

Never normally see in the new year but loved seeing London lit up and the drones were amazing.

@GrapeLipBalm

Agree whoamongstus. Reminds me of this Henning Wehn quote

@grapelipbalm that quote is nonsense! Germany has a food bank run by volunteers and funded by donations called Tefal that feeds 1.6 million people a year in Germany.

@ohfourfoxache

Very clever and very pretty.

But I sat there wondering how much PPE could have been bought instead.

Or how many ventilators. Or nursing posts funded.

Then I saw the NHS symbol and my blood pressure went up.

I find it a bit hypocritical to praise the NHS whilst simultaneously stabbing them in the back.

But then I’ve always been a cynical old goat

Given that it was Sadiq Khan and the GLA, it was the antithesis of the Tory Government. In fact, there were plenty of times when the display held up two fingers to the gov't - like celebrating the EU colours, NHS and Capt. Tom.

Hearing David Attenborough brought tears to my eyes.

it also made me emotional