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Viewers slam BBC for 'forcing politics' into New Year's Eve light display that featured 'woke' NHS tributes, BLM fist salutes, the colours of the EU flag and a climate change lecture by David Attenborough - while NO ONE sang Auld Lang Syne
Daily Mail ^ | 12/31/2020 (USA time) | Jemma Carr

Posted on 12/31/2020 6:09:36 PM PST by RightGeek

Viewers have slammed the BBC for 'forcing politics' into London's controversial New Year's Eve light show after 300 drones made the shape of a BLM fist and shone in EU colours over London's skies.

Thousands of revellers eager to bid farewell to a miserable 2020 tuned into BBC One to watch the highly-anticipated pre-recorded display.

But outraged Britons slammed the show as 'ridiculous' after the drones made the shape of a Black Lives Matter fist and a turtle with Africa on its shell - alongside the NHS logo and a depiction Captain Sir Tom Moore in the sky.

The fist - which became synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement which swept the globe this year - first appeared as spoken-word artist George the Poet read an extract of his poem Coronavirus: The Power of Collaboration.

The writer - who turned down an OBE last year due to the 'pure evil' of the British Empire - read: 'The future holds unexposed danger, but no stress. Humankind is no stranger to progress. And as we have proven, when we collaborate, progress follows fast.'

Many also pointed out that the first shape which appeared above The Millennium Dome - a blue and yellow bird - was in European Union colours, on the day Britain officially left the EU.

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While it is unclear who organised or arranged the show, criticism has been levied at both London Mayor Sadiq Khan and at the BBC.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blm; communism; communistmayor; eu
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1 posted on 12/31/2020 6:09:36 PM PST by RightGeek
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To: RightGeek

And they continue to watch the garbage


2 posted on 12/31/2020 6:13:29 PM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: ronnie raygun

You are stuck at home, and this is the only “live” show.

What else can they do but complain?


3 posted on 12/31/2020 6:17:32 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: RightGeek
The fist - which became synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement which swept the globe this year - first appeared as spoken-word artist George the Poet read an extract of his poem Coronavirus: The Power of Collaboration.

The writer - who turned down an OBE last year due to the 'pure evil' of the British Empire - read: 'The future holds unexposed danger, but no stress. Humankind is no stranger to progress. And as we have proven, when we collaborate, progress follows fast.'

Spoken-word artist... not a bad gig if you can get it. And then you can turn around and bite the hand that feeds you. With impunity.

4 posted on 12/31/2020 6:19:35 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: RightGeek

They’re not even trying to hide their effin reset.

I hope they get the war they’re asking for.


5 posted on 12/31/2020 6:20:44 PM PST by Aria (- )
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To: RightGeek

What did they expect?


6 posted on 12/31/2020 6:20:48 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RightGeek

P-EU???

Britons rejected that nasty feces.


7 posted on 12/31/2020 6:20:50 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: RightGeek

Wonder if New York City will try to one-up them.


8 posted on 12/31/2020 6:21:10 PM PST by Spirit of Liberty (It's morning in America again!)
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To: ronnie raygun

All taxpayers fund it. Just as we fund the SLA, Weather Underground, Black Panther loving NPR-PBS.


9 posted on 12/31/2020 6:21:35 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Rummyfan

Maybe George the Poet should take his black ass back to Africa.
Enjoy the freedom and prosperity of Liberia.


10 posted on 12/31/2020 6:22:19 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Don W
What else can they do but complain?

"You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I've only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through."

11 posted on 12/31/2020 6:22:27 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rummyfan

>>The writer - who turned down an OBE last year due to the ‘pure evil’ of the British Empire

He should put up his bonafides. Does he suck up to the Chi-Coms? Pol Pot? Castro? Stalin? Lenin? Marx? Hugo? Obama?


12 posted on 12/31/2020 6:22:53 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: EEGator

He would soon find out his Chinese masters are tough slave masters.


13 posted on 12/31/2020 6:23:46 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: EEGator

Also I’d wager that godless Communists killed more people (over 100 million in just a century’s time) than did the British Empire in their entire history.


14 posted on 12/31/2020 6:24:55 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: EEGator
Maybe George the Poet should take his black ass back to Africa. Enjoy the freedom and prosperity of Liberia.

Funny how people like George never do that. Because they know they'd be dead within twenty-four hours of arrival.

15 posted on 12/31/2020 6:26:55 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: a fool in paradise

I won’t argue that point.


16 posted on 12/31/2020 6:29:44 PM PST by EEGator
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To: ronnie raygun

The Wokies have to usurp tradition and ceremony everywhere. Everything they touch turns to shit.


17 posted on 12/31/2020 6:34:06 PM PST by Viking2002 (When aliens fly past Earth, they probably lock their doors.)
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To: RightGeek

The BLM Fist looks like a duck with a Mohawk standing in front of an ATM.


18 posted on 12/31/2020 6:44:07 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: dfwgator

Ah, another Python fan.

Well played.


19 posted on 12/31/2020 6:50:24 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: RightGeek

They should have taken their cue from the leftists and burned the whole town down.


20 posted on 12/31/2020 6:54:06 PM PST by TigersEye (2020 - The year of massive frauds. Impeachment - masks - lockdowns - Biden - elections...)
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