Colonialism, Lily Allen And Transport For London

[sp1814]

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/row-erupts-as-lily-allen-slams-tfl-staff-for-celebrating-colonialism-a3747631.html

Should TfL staff be using the noticeboard for such messages (as opposed to, say - information about tube trains)?

Was Ms Allen correct to call this out?

Also, if you read out the title of this question with John Humphrys' voice in your head - it totally sounds like three specialised subjects on Mastermind.

[woofgang]

mmmmm. I do see her point. While its a part of history and we shouldn't ignore or erase it, I am not sure that its appropriate for an "on this day" public post. I think in general, such posts intended to entertain travellers are a reasonable idea but ya gotta pick your subject

[ToraToraTora]

who is Lilly Allen?

[-Talbot-]

Something, something, something, ignore the content of the OP and rabbit on about something ... or other.

[naomi24]

I won't ask what her problem is - she seems to suffer from it regularly though. It's a bit of British history and I don't think anyone should have apologised. People like her need to lighten up.

[Mamyalynne]

Maybe they'll balance it out with a different snippet of History each day.

Eventually everyone will be appeased.

[Old_Geezer]

Good grief. Have some folk nothing better to do but object to the inoffensive ? It's a human interest notice, about an event in history. I know we are all different and I try to understand others' points of view, but some are so way out there, it's difficult to think they are doing anything but deliberately making a fool of themselves.

[-Talbot-]

Mamyalynne
Maybe they'll balance it out with a different snippet of History each day.


Maybe they already did that, Mamya?

[Mamyalynne]

Oh goodness, did they?

Someone should tell her then.

Off for a look.

[-Talbot-]

Scratches head.


https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/maybe

[Mamyalynne]

Right, sorry - easily confused just now.

[jno]

if this was just a disinterested recording of history, it's odd that they didn't mention the battle of Isandlwana on the same day. I wonder why?

[david small]

“Don’t mention the war”

[woofgang]

I think "on this day stuff" should be lighthearted though....something to be cheering and interesting....not essentially "on this day some of our ancestors killed other of our ancestors"

[sp1814]

TTT

Lily Allen is basically Katie Hopkins through a looking glass.

woofgang - I agree. If there are no station announcements to be made surely the board could be put to better use?

[Zacs-Master]

I don’t see it was any place of TFLs to put such a message on one of their boards. Maybe a ‘rougue’ employee who had a long lost relative fight there?

[zebo]

Does she do anything else apart from get easily offended on behalf of others? I wonder what fee-paying she she went to?

[Mamyalynne]

She attended 13 schools in all and got expelled from several of them.

[Spicerack]

The shame. 150 bloodthirsty taffs attacking 4,000 peace loving Zulus.
It's Will I feel sorry for.

[Spicerack]

//. Maybe a ‘rougue’ employee who had a long lost relative fight there?//
Red cheeked??

[douglas9401]

Ms Allen seems unbalanced.