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GB NEWS wins 3 awards Nigel Farage News Presenter of Year

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Primrose53 Tue 25-Jun-24 20:59:39

The Television and Radio Industries Club awards took place today.

These awards are voted for by the PEOPLE (not industry back slappers).

Nigel Farage won News Presenter of The Year for the second time.

Best News Programme went to GB News Breakfast

Alistair Stewart revealed his heartbreaking diagnosis with Camilla Tominey and won Interview of The Year.

👏👏👏👏

MayBee70 Sun 30-Jun-24 23:54:37

I think you’re offending the pearl clutchers by describing them as pearl clutchers. Actually.

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 01-Jul-24 08:44:41

Oh dear- we're back to " pearl clutcher " again.. is " right ignorant cow" a considered response to her style of questioning, or merely abusive? Discuss.

Mamardoit Mon 01-Jul-24 09:06:32

I would never call anyone a cow.

We all know who the pearl clutchers are. Those that post reams and demand justification from everyone who dare disagree. They are so intelligent and knowledgeable. The one's who simply dismiss everyone else's experience and knowledge as irrelevant just because it differs from their own.

I was expecting them to turn up in force but sadly they haven't.

Shinamae Mon 01-Jul-24 09:21:49

Mamardoit

I would never call anyone a cow.

We all know who the pearl clutchers are. Those that post reams and demand justification from everyone who dare disagree. They are so intelligent and knowledgeable. The one's who simply dismiss everyone else's experience and knowledge as irrelevant just because it differs from their own.

I was expecting them to turn up in force but sadly they haven't.

Well said 🤓👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Mt61 Mon 01-Jul-24 09:42:05

MayBee70

I think you’re offending the pearl clutchers by describing them as pearl clutchers. Actually.

My sincere apologies to the pearl clutchers

Wyllow3 Mon 01-Jul-24 10:28:39

I'm entirely confused as to which sort of pearl clutching is supposed to be applied to which points of view here.

Mt61 Mon 01-Jul-24 11:29:06

Wyllow3

I'm entirely confused as to which sort of pearl clutching is supposed to be applied to which points of view here.

That would be me, some people took offence to me calling Fiona Bruce a cow for the way she treated N Farage, after stating she would let him speak uninterrupted- she clearly didn’t. That was the point!

MayBee70 Mon 01-Jul-24 12:03:07

You called her ‘a right ignorant cow’ not just a cow sad

nanna8 Mon 01-Jul-24 12:10:16

I love the pearl clutching metaphor, never heard it before I heard it on here. Pearls are very beautiful natural objects and it would be an honour to ‘clutch’ them. I love Bizet’s opera The Pearl Fishers,too. I now have a picture in my head of a perfectly formed glowing pearl from Broome.

Mt61 Mon 01-Jul-24 13:25:27

MayBee70

You called her ‘a right ignorant cow’ not just a cow sad

Sorry yes- stand corrected, ignorant cow!
Well she certainly was that

MayBee70 Mon 01-Jul-24 13:43:33

nanna8

I love the pearl clutching metaphor, never heard it before I heard it on here. Pearls are very beautiful natural objects and it would be an honour to ‘clutch’ them. I love Bizet’s opera The Pearl Fishers,too. I now have a picture in my head of a perfectly formed glowing pearl from Broome.

It isn’t exactly meant as a flattering description of someone…

Wyllow3 Mon 01-Jul-24 13:45:24

Are any offensive posts just to try and provoke a reaction from any POV worth the space they occupy? They then tar anyone sharing the same POV with the same brush?

Callistemon213 Mon 01-Jul-24 14:02:39

nanna8

I love the pearl clutching metaphor, never heard it before I heard it on here. Pearls are very beautiful natural objects and it would be an honour to ‘clutch’ them. I love Bizet’s opera The Pearl Fishers,too. I now have a picture in my head of a perfectly formed glowing pearl from Broome.

Oh dear, now I've got an ear worm .....
I read a book about pearl fishing in Australia a while ago

Shinamae Wed 03-Jul-24 22:36:58

Patrick Christie chairing a very good debate on GB news at the moment with an audience and a panel
Lots of different views,very interesting.

Namsnanny Tue 09-Jul-24 19:32:03

There will be a change now, as I presume NF will not be hosting a hour long show?