The BBC has upheld complaints regarding a remark made by a guest commentator about Catholics being “cleared out of Scotland”. The ‘joke’, whch elicited laughter from other presenters, was made during Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. The broadcast was on the BBC News Channel and was being aired as Queen Elizabth’s coffin was taken from Balmoral
Elite remembrancing has swept across the kingdom ACROSS the realm other examples of elite-level mourning were to be seen. Outside the Palace of Westminster police swooped to remove a woman armed with a Panama hat and a cardboard sign reading ‘Not My King’. Five officers displayed commendable mournfulising by shifting her away from the Palace out of the gaze of the thousands likely to be left devastated by her sickeningly graphic placard. The English Premier League, the Scottish Premier League and the Northern Ireland Premier League tripped over each other to be first to call off matches – with loyal Ulster thrillingly winning the race by announcing the sold-out Cliftonville-Glentoran game was off two hours before most of us knew the queen was dead. Why rugby, golf and cricket went ahead is anybody’s guess. Even horse-racing – the only sport which the queen took anything to do with – cracked on after a short acknowledgment on Saturday. It was the minute’s silence