1 hour ago, mickbrown said:

Preston season ticket holder banned for life for tweet about the Queen.

Country is losing its mind.

A lad has been arrested for holding eggs . 
not for throwing or attempting to throw, just for having eggs as the funeral cortège went past . 
can only think the police knew him and thought he was going to throw them, but still, arresting people for what you presume they may do is a slippy slope . 
Presume there’s more to it, but the report is simply for having eggs 

https://www.thenational.scot/news/21378027.aberdeen-man-arrested-allegedly-spotted-carrying-eggs-near-queens-coffin/

These days can't even have blank A4 or a carton of eggs without being arrested 

We've become the meme... 

9 minutes ago, fatolive said:

A lad has been arrested for holding eggs . 
not for throwing or attempting to throw, just for having eggs as the funeral cortège went past . 
can only think the police knew him and thought he was going to throw them, but still, arresting people for what you presume they may do is a slippy slope . 
Presume there’s more to it, but the report is simply for having eggs 

https://www.thenational.scot/news/21378027.aberdeen-man-arrested-allegedly-spotted-carrying-eggs-near-queens-coffin/

Good. 

10 minutes ago, fatolive said:

can only think the police knew him and thought he was going to throw them, but still, arresting people for what you presume they may do is a slippy slope . 

Been happening for ages

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

Been happening for ages

Tell me about it, being a football fan is a nailed on case for being arrested.

3 minutes ago, royal white said:

Good. 

Like I say, presume there’s more to it and he looked like or was known to carry out such things so they’ve made a preemptive  call to prevent him , but what if he was just coming back from the shop and just happened to be there with eggs? 
 

 

Arrested, and due in court..

More to it than the headline I reckon, however carrying eggs is a bit random when a coffin is being driven past is a bit suspect. 

Don't want to be treated like a dick? Simple don't act like one.. Police won't have arrested him without good reason, and we all know full what they planned. Of course when they throw them, the police should have done more etc. 

Nations in a state of mourning and these people just want to cause upset. Same as the scumbags at the Liverpool match...No need for it.

3 minutes ago, fatolive said:

Like I say, presume there’s more to it and he looked like or was known to carry out such things so they’ve made a preemptive  call to prevent him , but what if he was just coming back from the shop and just happened to be there with eggs? 
 

 

 I’d guess (and hope) that the arresting officers would have used their training and made a call on that. 

2 minutes ago, leigh white said:

Tell me about it, being a football fan is a nailed on case for being arrested.

I think thats a bit of an exaggeration but clearly plod have the power to deal with folk they believe might get up to no good

Or folk they just dont want around 😀

3 minutes ago, royal white said:

 I’d guess (and hope) that the arresting officers would have used their training and made a call on that. 

Yeh probably right to be honest . 
thinking about it, why would you go there with eggs in anycase. 
was probably judging him by thinking of normal people with shopping. 

 

9 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Arrested, and due in court..

More to it than the headline I reckon, however carrying eggs is a bit random when a coffin is being driven past is a bit suspect. 

Don't want to be treated like a dick? Simple don't act like one.. Police won't have arrested him without good reason, and we all know full what they planned. Of course when they throw them, the police should have done more etc. 

Nations in a state of mourning and these people just want to cause upset. Same as the scumbags at the Liverpool match...No need for it.

Again. Some of the nation is mourning.

Stop assuming everybody feels like you they don't.

 

Just now, mickbrown said:

Again. Some of the nation is mourning.

Stop assuming everybody feels like you they don't.

 

Nation is in a state of mourning.. it's a collective term (and official term) for the period between the death and the funeral. 

We get it, you're not... great for you. 

1 minute ago, only1swanny said:

Nation is in a state of mourning.. it's a collective term (and official term) for the period between the death and the funeral. 

We get it, you're not... great for you. 

No it's not. That isn't the official term at all.

And you're correct I'm not. In fact I don't know a single person who is. My mum said it was a bit sad, but not sure that equates to mourning.

Are you mourning? 

 

 

State of moaning more like

3 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

No it's not. That isn't the official term at all.

And you're correct I'm not. In fact I don't know a single person who is. My mum said it was a bit sad, but not sure that equates to mourning.

Are you mourning? 

 

 

Sorry, my apologies.. "Period of National Mourning", not "state of mourning" 

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii 

I'm a huge fan of the royals, and was planning on driving down to London this weekend with the wife to queue and walk past the coffin. Unfortunately other things have got in the way. We've had a funeral today and it's all a bit much. 

 

5 minutes ago, Zico said:

State of moaning more like

think state of moaning is standard for Brits

3 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Sorry, my apologies.. "Period of National Mourning", not "state of mourning" 

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii 

I'm a huge fan of the royals, and was planning on driving down to London this weekend with the wife to queue and walk past the coffin. Unfortunately other things have got in the way. We've had a funeral today and it's all a bit much. 

 

Sorry to hear that. That's awful news 

14 hours ago, DazBob said:

Do you need silence from everyone?  Probably not, but some oik shouting ruins it for everyone.

Ultimately, for me, it boils down to respect for others, or as you put it, basic manners. He is in the same camp as the retards who boo players taking the knee.

 

So we are going to get a sometimes twice weekly episode of royal grief rammed down our throats for years are we? No comparison at all.

For a start, one is a one off respecting a beloved, devoted and respected matriarch of a nation and commonwealth. The other is a mega multiple reminder of the death of a drug dealing, wife beating serial criminal.

Other than this, I agree with your other comments regarding a time and a place. We got coverage of those wanky student 'look at me, I wanna get my face on TV' protestors on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh down here. Scum.

UEFA have said no National Anthem before this week's CL games.

9 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Again. Some of the nation is mourning.

Stop assuming everybody feels like you they don't.

 

Did you turn up to any of the events though?

Did it cross your mind to go and deliberately be disruptive?

If something doesn't float your boat, don't get involved.

9 minutes ago, Traf said:

UEFA have said no National Anthem before this week's CL games.

Think Rangers are going ahead with the NA. 👏👏👏

3 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Did you turn up to any of the events though?

Did it cross your mind to go and deliberately be disruptive?

If something doesn't float your boat, don't get involved.

Nah, I can't be arsed with any of  that and I'll be as quiet as the rest of you in Saturday

But, my point is there seems to be an attempt to portray a 'groupthink' grief on all of over this. We're far more nuanced (and all the better for it) than that. 

 

Bloke with the eggs.  If he only had eggs he's an imbecile.  Should have had a loaf of bread and a pint of milk to back up his excuse that he'd just done a quick shop.

29 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Nah, I can't be arsed with any of  that and I'll be as quiet as the rest of you in Saturday

But, my point is there seems to be an attempt to portray a 'groupthink' grief on all of over this. We're far more nuanced (and all the better for it) than that. 

 

It's just a turn of phrase though, isn't it?

I'd be very surprised if there were people who thought literally every citizen of the country is in mourning.

33 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Think Rangers are going ahead with the NA. 👏👏👏

I'm not saying they should or shouldn't be playing it before a game, but if Rangers etc want to do it, then they should do it.