What do you think about this?

let the organisers make the decision. If you don't like the decision made people could offer to be an organiser in the future and actually have that responsibility as they clearly think they know what should be done.

Think. Yes. Expressing their opinion in other words. Isn’t that we do on here ?

I’ve just seen from our local newspaper that Derby Pride is going ahead today.
Not sure if I agree with that decision, but ?‍♀️

We had a big event arranged at work for yesterday and today
By the time we heard the news, it was really too late to back out, too many people would have been hugely inconvenienced, and out company would have lost a lot of money.

We are all really sad, we loved the Queen, we just weren’t comfortable carrying on, but felt like we had to

Then I thought, the last thing the Queen would have wanted, would be that peoples lives were disrupted, I felt she would probably have said, get on with it.

We did have a few nasty Facebook messages though.

I "googled" and it's a 50 year celebration of UK Pride, a huge event which will have taken a lot of organising and which many are looking forward to.

Thank you nadateturbe
Ah, I didn’t realise that it was a ‘special’ one. It’s a bit strange, as there has hardly been any publicity about it (as far as I have noticed)

I agree Esspee.

I do understand that many people will be very saddened by the Queen's death and want everything cancelled.

My husband was due to play at a European Heritage event today. Nothing noisy or disrespectful. Cancelled.
I am feeling very depressed by it all. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

A lot of local sporting events have been cancelled.
I have total respect for the late Queen, and I feel really sad and shaken but it, but I don’t think this is what she would have wanted.

Sorry, by it

Thankfully, after giving it some consideration, the organizers have decided that our annual village show is to go ahead as planned tomorrow.

A two minute silence will be held before prizes are awarded, and there will be a book of condolences available for anyone who wishes to sign it and it will to be taken to the Church afterwards, where there is to be a special service.

That sounds like a very sensible and respectful decision to me.

The phrase “it’s what she/he would have wanted” is frequently used following a death, but I have often thought that it’s said to justify what the person saying it wants to do !
In the case of charity event though the picture isn’t quite so clear.

However other events have been cancelled, as as someone else correctly pointed out, during this period of mourning, it’s not about you and me and what we wish to do.

It's nonsense to cancel events simply because the Queen died, especially charitable ones. It smacks of some people thinking they know what's best for other (lesser) people. The media telling us we are 'united in grief' is another example. We have a right to have our unique responses to significant events in the world.

Galaxy

I am not in mourning.

Nor me. I am not happy with this state forced mourning.

I think its rediculous to cancel after all life does have to go on people are still going to work etc so why not go on a sponsord hike

People are damned if they do, and damned if they don't in a situation like this...

I do understand respect etc but personally I do not believe the Queen would want anything stopping because she has died. It was a very different Britain when her father passed away over 70 years ago ! We can be both respectful and carry on with our day to day lives To be honest it’s bad enough hat the government is unable to do anything for 12 days given our current situation and a new PM

The FA has cancelled matches. Will the highly paid footballers be affected? No. But the people running local businesses such as hamburger stalls will lose a day's earnings which they can probably ill afford in these dire times. As others have said, respect could have been shown by a silence. And as for a gimcrack TV shopping channel going off air as a mark of respect??!!

Cancelled events, wall to wall coverage on tv and radio with all sorts being wheeled out to say the same things. I think this is really over the top and people should be allowed to mourn how they want without inflicting it on everyone

In my opinion Her Majesty would not have wanted ANY charity event cancelled due to her recent passing. However, like me, I suspect she may have questioned whether or not to have the footfall of thousands of people eroding the Jurassic Way was ecologically sound. Why not stick to metalled surfaces?... which are far more suited to this type of event... such as tomorrow's Great North Run, which I'm relieved to hear will go ahead as planned.

Completely agree. They should have gone ahead with Last Night Of The Proms too. Would have been a most fantastic way to celebrate the great life of someone who also had a sense of fun.

It's known as Respect.

Football is cancelled mainly as a safety aspect. The police don’t have the manpower to support matches and fans, as well as supporting the funeral

I think the King has been very sensible in that the only proclamation is that the day of the funeral will be a public holiday. So live and let live - let people decide for themselves what they would like to do. It won't have been an easy decision by anyone who has to make it.
Personally I don't think it is too much to ask that people be allowed to thank the queen in whatever way they want to and sometimes this may mean inconvenient for others. She did the job for 70 years which is longer than most people work so lets try to be a bit gracious about it all.

All football is cancelled including grass roots football who don’t have burger vans but operate primarily with unpaid volunteers, and no police presence. The Queen was the patron of the FA and this is a mark of respect. Many clubs cancelled games before the FA finally made a decision. We were one of them.

I read an article this morning which said The Palace had issued a statement advising that they are not expecting events to be cancelled during the mourning period except for the day of the funeral unless absolutely necessary.
Perhaps organisers of some events felt rushed into making a decision.
I like that they’ve decided to cancel the train strikes that were planned for September though.