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Boris announces 6pm clap for Captain Sir Tom Moore

110 replies

LadyWhistledownthe1st · 03/02/2021 12:42

Will you be joining?

YABU - no
YANBU - yes

RIP Sir Tom

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norwegianwoodpecker · 03/02/2021 17:02

Nope

Janaih · 03/02/2021 17:02

@forinborin that's awful im sorry your neighbours are a bunch of pricks.

peak2021 · 03/02/2021 17:06

I will pray of him and his family when I am next in a church. I watched PMQs today and at the start stood up silently when the one minute silence was observed.

rawalpindithelabrador · 03/02/2021 17:10

Nope. I've never clapped at all.

CandlesBlanketsandTea · 03/02/2021 17:16

@TwirpingBird

I clapped for the nhs for a while, until it became a way of neighbours judging how virtuous you are, or not. I grew to despise it. Now I dont care if my neighbours judge me. No way am I clapping awkwardly to thin air.

I will light a candle for his family, and all the others who lost people today, many before their time.

Lighting a candle is a great idea @TwirpingBird, Captain Tom, whilst he did a great thing, wasn't the only person to die so many people have lost loved ones and I like the idea of honouring everyone.
lioncitygirl · 03/02/2021 17:20

Jesus. What Is it with all this bloody clapping!

Quaagars · 03/02/2021 17:30

Nope. I've never clapped at all

What, ever?

Tiredmum100 · 03/02/2021 17:34

No.

Teddybear27 · 03/02/2021 17:51

No offence to Captain Sir Tom Moore or his family but no, I won’t be clapping, firstly, it is too dark and also raining heavily, secondly, some online media have said it is at 6pm, some at 8pm 🤷🏻‍♀️
Also, apart from being sensible about Covid I am fed up being dictated to by ministers who continue to make mistakes about this dreadful, continuing situation and then blame the general public.

Toddlerteaplease · 03/02/2021 17:52

There is now a petition calling for him to have a state funeral. I think that's a bit much.

Toddlerteaplease · 03/02/2021 17:53

And his family may not want that.

EnidPrunehat · 03/02/2021 17:57

Having not got any neighbours and the dog being unprepared to co-operate either, it'd be ridiculous for me to sit here clapping into the dark wilderness where I live.

Livingtothefull · 03/02/2021 17:57

I won't be clapping on my doorstep at Boris's behest like a good little Tory, and I have my curtains tightly shut to muffle any other claps. This 'gesture' like everything Boris does just drips with crassness, I would rather remember the over 100,000 who have lost their lives so far.

BrumBoo · 03/02/2021 17:58

@Toddlerteaplease

There is now a petition calling for him to have a state funeral. I think that's a bit much.
After the initial 'oh that's sad' breaking of the news, I did say to my husband that some twit would push for a state funeral Hmm.
inquietant · 03/02/2021 17:59

@LadyFlumpalot

No, I won't. I refuse to contribute to a thought pattern that makes it ok and expected that 99 year old men have to fund raise for the NHS when the government should be the ones funding it properly.
Hear hear
TulipsTwoLips · 03/02/2021 18:02

No, because that's not my way. But he inspired many and will be in my thoughts tonight.

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LadyWhistledownthe1st · 03/02/2021 18:04

Nobody did it on our street

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KleineDracheKokosnuss · 03/02/2021 18:05

He appears to have been a decent chap. I hope he’s entered whatever afterlife he hoped for.

But I don’t engage in performative virtue, and that’s how I view all this clapping nonsense.

Livingtothefull · 03/02/2021 18:05

The right time for a gesture, if we were going to have one, could have been when the death toll passed 100,000. But that might have made the Government look bad and sent out the wrong political message.

No disrespect whatsoever to Captain Tom, but sadly he is just one of many many people who have lost their lives in this.

randomchap · 03/02/2021 18:06

No, had a minutes silence instead. Felt more respectful

PandemicPalava · 03/02/2021 18:08

Nobody did it here I don't think. All feels a bit naff. I have thought of Tom a lot today and spoken to dd about him, we have his book. We do things our own way

Caesargeezer · 03/02/2021 18:08

Clapping just feels slightly ridiculous now. Silent here tonight but it doesn’t mean people don’t care.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 03/02/2021 18:12

What happened to a respectful silence for contemplation.

No-one can use it for attention, or to show that they’ve mourned better than others. And, if you’re part of the government, you can’t use a respectful, private silence to paper over the cracks of your perpetual incompetence.

DontBeShelfish · 03/02/2021 18:13

@BrumBoo

No. To be quite honest I'm not paying much attention any of it. The man did a very sweet thing, but others took advange of it for their own gain (attention and/or distraction). It was completely blown out of all proportion, mostly by a nation desperate for 'nice stories' and a government desperate to cover the shit job they were doing with PPE at the time. The reaction now is very 'Diana, Princess of Hearts' syndrome.

Very sorry that a family have lost their dad/grandad though. I will spare a thought for them at this time.

Yep, this. I'm sorry for the family's loss, he seemed like a nice guy and he did a great thing. But no. No clapping.
Grenlei · 03/02/2021 18:18

I wasn't clapping, just as I didn't clap for the NHS.

My chavvy neighbours, who never let any opportunity pass to make a noise/ public nuisance - like the pavement based firework display they had on November 5th Hmm - were of course outside banging their saucepans for all they were worth like demented chimps.