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Friday 9th April 2021

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Morning all.
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Good morefternoon, all.

Some decent Labour results in a few Welsh byelections yesterday, the last contests before next month's elections.
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Re: Friday 9th April 2021

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Duke of Edinburgh has died, so that's politics off the menu for the BBC, for the foreseeable future.
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Well certainly until next week.

Might act as a bit of a "reset button" for politics, though?
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Well certainly until next week.

Might act as a bit of a "reset button" for politics, though?
I think Johnson will be happy that things like this will focused on less.

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Yes but most of the media were already ignoring this stuff, so.....
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Good evening.

I'm assuming that the BBC are running DoE tributes wall-to-wall so that that they don' have the usual suspects on the Right who loathe them screeching "WHY AREN'T YOU IN TOTAL MOURNING MODE??"

And no Masterchef final either...
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I see the Telegraph isn't over Trump losing quite yet...

Prince Philip tributes: World leaders react to passing of Duke of Edinburgh

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Donald Trump has paid tribute to Prince Philip, saying he "defined British dignity and grace", as world leaders and personal friends remembered the Duke of Edinburgh.

The former US president, a keen monarchist who visited Buckingham Palace during a state visit to the UK in 2019, said he personified the "quiet reserve, stern fortitude, and unbending integrity of the United Kingdom."

"Over the past few years, Melania and I were honored to have the opportunity to visit the United Kingdom," Mr Trump said in a long statement. "We saw firsthand how the Monarchy epitomizes and carries on the virtues of the British People—and no one did so more than Prince Philip.

"As we grieve his loss, we celebrate his memory and rededicate ourselves to the values to which he devoted his extraordinary life. He will be greatly missed. "

Joe Biden, the US President called Prince Philip "one heck of a guy" and praised the Duke for his public service, saying "his legacy will live on not only through his family, but in all the charitable endeavours he shaped."
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Re: Friday 9th April 2021

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Apparently quite a few complaints about the Beeb showing the same stuff across *multiple* channels - I think that's what most people really object to.
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