watch how the BBC make the last night at the proms political

Three French composers already, now an Australian.  Still the Brits will be on soon.

the last night is the utter sh1te. the proms has been degraded by attempts to make it 'accessible' by putting on musicals and pop sh1te. i await the day when radio 1 puts on havergal brian in his fullness

I'm only surprised they haven't a knicker-less Lily Allen on there to be honest, sitting on womens laps etc

Lots of EU flags going  to be waved during Land of Hope and Glory.

even though it is an ritual i think it is really awesome , the music is good and the crowd are all P11sed

please explain what that means. i is a bit fick and can see no relevance

oh danny boy

grippergate  good evening

strong ale or  fine wine  , how is the poker my friend ?

wanxious, the music is excellent for almost all of the proms, but the last night gives me the ump, as it tries sooo hard to be all things for all people. still, even a degraded prom is better than the usual diet of utter **** that the great british public consume.

indeed grippegate you being a man of culture like myself

I even though i support are revolutionary Marxist revival , i can appreciate  wonderful music

Most of the best creative musicians all reject spiv culture

moved on from strong ale(goose island) to kiwi pinot noir, which i am a sucker for. given up the poker, hence my rare posting. playing scandi teenagers after 3 bottles is a great way to do your cobblers

have I missed Rule Britannia or GSTQ yet?

Ruined by those fking European flags

kiwi piniont is top stuff grippertgate

a marxist thinker(if thats not an oxymoron) once said to me that in a socilialist society the workers would all work 3 days and spend the rest of their time listening to beethoven and reading spinoza. nice notion. not convinced meself. most free-thinkers in socialist societies seem to be in jail

God who made thee mighty
Make thee mightier yet !

hey grippergate we appreciate culture, the British left are very patriotic  we love our country  we just reject the ruling class

Fk up about flags of all nations

Some times it is true the workers have no country

Danny boy is a perfect tune I’ve been in that titanic buildi

is a beautiful tune lfc  , no doubt about that

We the British should not fight so much

Yes anxious , a friend of mine worked in the drawing office hall of the shipyard
When it was great and mighty , and when Britain was great and mighty

Those dark satanic mills i was born under them

It is a bit of nostalgia but it touches the heart

jerusalem. noble indeed. blake was a true fruticake.i cannot abide the national anthem. off

I love factories , I can only be properly myself there , in the dark low places I can breathe easier
That lovely things like factories once existed is a lovely thought

GSTQ now.

Did everyone like Jamie Barton's performance of RB?

Auld sang syne the British people must heal or we are nothing

Very beautiful music

Auld Lang Syne.

Our country should never be divided  , never ever

Always give to have a sing-song , even if you did lose money on St Leger day!

left or right , leave or remain  Britannia still stands tall

I thought she gave it fully welly tonight!

Well said, Anxious.

gosden and frankie wiped up double top as they say

Well it's over for another year guys - roll on July 2020

I went to the final night in 2013. If you haven't been, it's well worth going. Good fun!

EK  it breaks my heart seriously  what has happened to our Country

Yes - it's interesting to think how much more there is to come from Logician.

Enable in the arc even money , this will happen i think

tony blair ruined this country forever

never ever is tautological. do you include the occupied territory of ni?  i am republican, btw. have you read orwell on british nationalism? i revere orwell. he was politicallty barmy, imo, but unlike most leftists he was searingly honest. unlike corbyn and his cabal of wanchors like milne and murray who love leftist dictators. corbyns a puppet of these fanatics who are supra-national socilialists and care nothing for this country

yes he was a coont just like thatcher , all of them, are merchants

grippergate i disagree , jeremy struck a chord revealing the bent tory system

You and I have are from different sides of the political spectrum, Anxious, but we can discuss politics without it becoming unpleasant. However, increasingly it appears people are less able to do this as tension is stoked up, largely caused I think by the fact we are politically unable to act now.

the labour vote went up and the youngsters rejected trickle down and the free market fanatics

evgeny, id love to go to final night, but id love to go when the planets by holst is on

EK yes i can see your point of view, the problem is it has become so fractured its hard to heal

its time radio 4 bring back the british tunes back every morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48YxyR-PSi8

elisjohn,

Yes - that would be a good programme.

Wow - I see Norwich won!

3-2 against the oil rig

yes and i want no century in the test match for a nice weekend

It would have been good if Liverpool had lost - bunch it up at the top!

you inadvertantly undermined your answer by includding tory and corbyn. corbyn has been a cheerleader for the most nasty repressive regimes, as long as they are anti-west. why appear on iranian tv??? they kill women who are unmarried mothers. really. they do. a woman who appears without a headscarf gets 2 years! really? corbyn went on press tv to criticise israel and the u.s., much to the delight of the same people who murder unmarried mothers. and you think corbyn is not a fool?

corbyn loves the brutal dictatorshipm that has denied elections in cuba for 60 years! where is the leftist outcry at this denial of basic human rights? and the entire labour movement has gone from praising venezuela as a paradigm to.... silence as the catastrophe destroys it

Saw an interview with Jez a few years back where he said “Islam is a wonderful religion,so not the opium of the people any more Jez ,or is he just sucking up to Islam as they are worth a couple of million votes and the Jews well they are only worth 500,000 or maybe I am being too cynical and he really is genuine.

jezza is the biggest laughing stock in history, he hasnt a hope of ever being PM and yet he doesnt resign

can u imagine jezza, abbot, thornberry, naz shah and co trying to run the country lol

wouldnt trust them to run a mcds drive thru ffs

Amazing how people look at music, . Stand back and look at yourself,I’m guilty more than most

WTF was with all those eu and rainbow flags pish?

Music was good though.  Hey Grant, GSTQ bud!

Btw, plenty wise words written by Anxious last night.  Well said (mostly) Oor Kid

Some people read,some people watch the propaganda witch is the BBC

'Self-professed "**** girl with a nose ring" Jamie Barton was the undisputed star of the Last Night of the Proms.

The US mezzo-soprano, who took to the stage waving a Pride flag, said her mission was to "unify the audience".'

The 37-year-old, who revealed her bisexuality on Twitter on National Coming Out Day 2014, said she wanted to use the Proms to make "a very clear statement of Pride".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49704831

BF won't allow q*eer but the BBC does.

Yes I saw that Injera, what has sexuality got to do with the proms...nothing

great post i read on betfair today,not glorifing gareth thomas and hiv, the bbc should be advertising that gay men sex comes with massive health risk

that is true elisjohn, people need to know the risk if they get into this sort of thing

Judging by the flags the gaff was full of EDL supporters and Remainers . Reckon there was a right old dust up when they hit the concourse afterwards

the bbc doesn't pick the programme. it shouldn't be in the Albert Hall tho. The "proms" were the promenade
concerts and supposed to be outdoors for the people. i do love a symphony

The BBC need to be reminded the Proms is a musical event....

Not a Gay Pride event....quite disgusting...people go to the Proms to enjoy the music

Not to be converted to Gay/Lesbian sex

The Proms is about music

That is why people go.....nothing else

People go to the Proms to enjoy the MUSIC

It is not Political which includes sexual politics, or any other type...people expect an evening free from this.