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DISGRACE TO UNIFORM? - I DON'T THINK SO!

9/7/2016

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Today (Wednesday 7 September 2016) we learnt from various news reports that a Headmaster from a High School in Kent has sent fifty of his students home for wearing the wrong uniform.
Matthew Tate, the Headteacher of Hartsdown Technology Academy in Margate, England, reportedly sent out literature to each of their 1000 pupils explaining a new school uniform would be in-place beginning the 2016 Autumn term.
The incident occurred on the first day of term after the Summer holidays. 
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Speaking to Susanna Reid & Piers Morgan on ITV's Good Morning Britain earlier today, Mr. Tate defended his actions and furthermore explained if his teaching staff turned up with inappropriate attire, they themselves would be sent home.

​You can watch this here: ​http://bit.ly/2cs2Vx2

Personally speaking, if children arrives at school wearing a smart, tidy & clean uniform then what exactly is the problem? - Mr. Tate is lucky those 50 people turned up because many children these days skip classes or skip their school day altogether. 
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It was only a few days ago the academy's students were allowed to pose for a photo outside their building dressed like this. - As documented by the school's twitter feed.

Hardy appropriate academic attire, Mr. Tate. 

Furthermore, pupils were snapped inside the premises wearing anything but school uniforms, as we can see in this gallery.  - I completely understand the students were in the building to collect their GCSE results but it is confusing how this was only a few days ago and now, to use an internet term, Mr. Tate brings out the banhammer on his pupils who disobey his orders.
It would be disorientating for anyone who were told uniform is optional one day then uniform must be worn the next. 
As Susanna Reid pointed out to the Hartsdown Academy boss, it was the first day.  A warning should have been implemented.  Going back to school or beginning a new one is a very stressful time for children, they shouldn't have been treated like that.  Plus, Mr. Tate should make himself out to be approachable by pupils, staff & parents, with the attitude he has shown, he may very well find himself being very isolated.  
Come on, Mr. Tate, lighten up. 
DISCLAIMER:  All images are from the public domain and used within accordance of British law. 
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A GREAT FIRE CELEBRATED IN A POOR WAY

9/4/2016

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The live stream of Great Fire 350 on VisitLondon.com has just finished leaving me gobsmacked at what the organisers did to celebrate The Great Fire Of London 1666.
350 years ago this evening, people lost their homes and businesses in a fire which swept across London, a devastating turn of events for anyone to comprehend.  In addition to this, many people died which is tragic. 
The 'wonderful' people at Visit London decided to commemorate this historic event by setting models of buildings on fire like they would have been in 1666. - What a slap on the face to all the people who lost everything that night. 
Thankfully, no-one from 1666 are around today to witness that shameful celebration taking place.
Hypothetically speaking, say the fire was last year. What Visit London has done is go "hey, remember when your house was on fire and you lost your relative last year? - Well, here's a model of your home on fire just to remind you of the horrific event".
Could they have been any less tactless? 
As for Lauren Laverne - why she was drafted in to host the event is beyond me, I wasn't aware she was still getting work, never mind present an atrocious show such as Great Fire 350.
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NO GOLDEN POSTBOX FOR UK OLYMPIC WINNERS IN RIO

8/8/2016

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Royal Mail have confirmed that the Gold Medalists from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games & 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio De Janerio will not receive a trademark Golden Postbox like the first place Team Great Britain winners of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games & 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London.
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BODY SHAMING ON YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED

8/6/2016

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WE'VE BEEN FRAMED LONG ENOUGH!
Earlier tonight, You've Been Framed was broadcast across the United Kingdom, on ITV/STV/UTV, with the voice of Harry Hill narrating.​
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You've Been Framed, now casually shortened to YBF in hope of keeping up with the times and today's love of text speak acronyms, has been a stable programme on the ITV Network since Saturday 14th April 1990 which means it's been ongoing for a little over 26 years (at press time).

The programme, which is intended to be funny, offers viewers £250.00 in exchange of their alledged 'hilarious' home videos to be shown on the television.
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According to Wikipedia, there has been 457 episodes of this intended to be funny programme, that means we have endured 457 episodes of people doing the same routine over and over just for their few seconds of fame on the box.
Thankfully, Harry Hill has not been the voice of all 457 episodes.  If you have been a regular viewer of the show, you will remember it began with the legendary Jeremy Beadle MBE.

Tonight's episode featured quite disgusting commentary from Harry Hill whose real name is Matthew Keith Hall.
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Let me paint the picture, if you did yourself a favour and not watch the episode (thank you Olympics).  There was a large machine ejecting smoke & flames from it and Harry Hill felt the need to point out that it was an exact scale size of Adele Laurie Blue Adkins' buttocks.  She's better known as singer/songwriter, Adele, to you & I.

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Later on in the show, we saw a few people jump on a large bouncy castle.  This time Harry Hill felt it be a wise idea to comment "Vanessa Feltz lets people jump on her stomach in her spare time".  Vanessa Feltz is a BBC Radio presenter, her radio programme's feature on BBC Radio 2 & BBC Radio London.

Both occurrences blatantly were disgusting attempts to point out the two women's bodysize. - Newsflash, Harry, there's nothing wrong with the way they look or what their weight is.
What made it more odious was that Harry Hill said this from behind a microphone in a studio, he did not show his face on TV while saying those words which, in my opinion, makes him a bit cowardly.
People are slammed for their body size every day.  If it's frequent abuse, this can lead to many mental health problems such as anorexia and, in some cases, anorexia kills people, I don't mean that figuratively.  
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I'll be honest, I'm a big man, I'm most likely overweight and could benefit from losing a few stone, with that, I, personally, have had my fair share of body shamers, I've been called allsorts of because of my weight by people online.  Yes, it is nasty, especially when these vicious trolls have multiple tag team partners coming in their droves and the persecution mounts, but these are trolls I'm talking about, they don't know any better, someone such as Harry Hill in the position within the media industry that he is, should know better.

Both Vanessa Feltz & Adele will have women & young ladies who idolise them and everything they do, they also have families of their own.  No-one wants to hear their mother being ridiculed like that on television or anywhere for that matter.
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The producers & editors should have definitely picked up on his comments and asked Harry to either reword his commentry or disregard showing the videos altogether if the inclusion of Harry's ill-mannered comments were unavoidable. - Is there nothing like quality control in place before a programme goes out?

Body shaming is wrong, it's hurtful, harmful, and should be stopped. 
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We've been framed long enough, it's time for this exhaustedprogramme to be put to bed in place of something more exciting for Saturday night Television and I don't mean The X Factor.
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Shameful 'comedian' Harry Hill
This is not the first time Harry Hill has been under fire, his series, Harry Hill's TV Burp, had many complaints from TV personalities who were not happy about the way Harry had been speaking about them.

Sir Bruce Forsyth's struggle with verbalising words was frequently 'pointed out' by Mr. Hill.
How many more times can we see someone fall over or have a football kicked into the groin region of a man and find it funny? 
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