More than 100,000 sign MailOnline’s Last Night of the Proms petition urging the BBC to immediately reinstate Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia By Mailonline Published: 00:17 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 00:29 BST, 27 August 2020 More than 100,000 people have signed the MailOnline petition urging the BBC to reverse its … Read more
‘This is daft – Mum would sing at Last Night if she were here’: Dame Vera Lynn’s daughter hits out at decision to perform Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory at Proms without vocals By Mario Ledwith for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 26 August 2020 | Updated: 00:11 BST, 27 August … Read more
‘Keep their names out of your stinking unbrushed mouths’: Ian Wright launches furious defence of Alex Scott, Micah Richards and other black pundits targeted by racists after Sky Sports sack Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas Ian Wright has launched a defence of black pundits targeted by racists Sky Sports sacked Phil Thompson, … Read more
Labour MP calls Tory MPs ‘s***bag racist w******’ and a ‘fat old racists’ after the Jacob Rees Mogg said Brits should not be ‘enslaved to political correctness’ in BBC Proms row Neil Coyle sent the bizarre post late last night in a response to Mr Rees-Mogg He also replied to Nigel Farage saying only ‘s***lickers’ … Read more
Boris Johnson has enlisted the help of a celebrity personal trainer as he attempts to shed the pounds after his near-death battle with coronavirus. The Prime Minster was snapped running near Westminster in central London today with trainer to the stars Harry Jameson as he continues his weight battle ahead of a potential second wave … Read more
Eamonn Holmes and Nigel Farage clashed with activist Femi Oluwole this morning after he claimed most people ‘don’t really care’ about whether Rule Britannia or The Proms are sung at the Proms. The trio appeared on ITV’s This Morning to discuss the controversy about whether patriotic songs like Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and … Read more
The British public could force the BBC to play ‘offensive’ lyrics at the heart of the Proms row on Friday after Vera Lynn’s rendition of Land of Hope and Glory topped the charts – and insiders condemn left-wing bosses for ‘walking into a completely unnecessary and absurd row’. The corporation could now be forced to … Read more
At least, there is still one irredeemably British quality to this year’s Last Night of the Proms: the fudge. Not even the finest dairy herds of Devon and Cornwall could have confected something as thick, rich and clotted as the latest solution served up by the BBC. Instead of either ignoring the usual half-hearted complaints … Read more
BBC staff will be given diversity lessons to stop ‘microaggessions’ in bid to make corporation more welcoming to black programme makers Piers Wenger has been in ‘discussion’ about how to remove ‘unconscious bias’ £250k-a-year Drama Commissioning Controller said it was now ‘ground zero’ Told Edinburgh TV Festival now is ‘the moment where we have to get it … Read more
Vera Lynn’s rendition of Land of Hope and Glory tops iTunes charts after Laurence Fox urged Britons to download it in defiance of BBC’s decision to censor its lyrics Actor said it would be ‘great’ to push the chart to top of the UK singles chart Post was shared thousands of times and quickly propelled … Read more