Digby Jones…Cancelled (Or Not?)

[sp1814]

Why do some (in this case Digby Jones) think that they have the right to criticise others, but not face criticism themselves?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9849083/Digby-Jones-hits-dig-Alex-Scotts-pronounciation.html#comments

He complains about Alex Scott’s pronunciation and when he gets negative feedback he complains of being ‘cancelled’.

What does ‘cancel’ mean in this context?

Has he simply picked up on a buzzword?

[Spicerack]

He has a right to a moan, same as Abers do.
Negative Feedback= A lefty pile-in. Which he should have anticipated nowadays.
Perhaps a job/venue/publisher cancelled him. By-product of lefty pile-ins. I don't know?

[Mozz71]

I think that if I was named Digby, I'd be keeping as low a profile as I could.

[Spicerack]

fattish, middle-aged white man criticizes the vocab of a youngish, bame presenter.
Surprised at the outcome!

[sp1814]

Spicerack

But according to Digby, 50% of respondents to his tweet were in support of him and 50% were critical of him.

If this is the case, isn't it fair to also say:

Positive feedback = gammon pile in?

Digby didn't say anyone had actually cancelled him. He just used the word to summarise the criticism.

So what does 'cancel' mean here?

[sunny-dave]

FWIW (not a lot) I'm pushed to decide which of the two protagonists is more irritating - he's an over-entitled twerp and she appears to have been parachuted into a job which is way above her current level of competence as a broadcaster.

Harrumph ...

[Lie-in King]

Stupid man. Konichi-naah!

[Lie-in King]

^Digby Jones, not the estimable (but wrong here about Alex imo) Dave ;-)

[Spicerack]

No gammons put their heads above the parapets when I read this, this morning.
Mind you, it was a Momentum site.

[Spicerack]

One things for sure. Henceforth she will be a 'national treasure' with a commensurate salary.

[davebro]

Isn't Digby a giant dog or summat?

[sp1814]

Spicerack

What does ‘cancelled’ mean here?

If he’d said “suddenly I find myself uninvited to five speaking gigs…etc” that would make sense, but he makes no such claim.

[sp1814]

Spicerack

Your post at 17:11 opens you to accusations that one of your shoulders may be drooping due to the weight of the chip currently resident on top of it.

[davebro]

He's right - she should speak proper like wot I do. No place for sloppy pronunciation on the telly.

[ToraToraTora]

he's bang on the woman can't speak proper!

[Mozz71]

Yes Tora, not a made up acronym or some mockney rhyming slang in sight. Gubbins love, how's we meant to understand a word coming out your north and south?

[hiflier]

Wasn't Digby the portly and somewhat dim sidekick of Dan Dare ('Pilot of the Future') back in the early 1960s? Has he resurfaced?

[sp1814]

This is a bit unfair on presenters with regional accents surely?

Someone from Newcastle, Essex or Dublin will have local dialects which aren't necessarily RP but that's simply a reflection of regional differences?

[Bazile]

I think far too many people make unnecesary fuss about nothing .

There are far more important things to worry about , Mr Digby

[Mozz71]

Hiflier, Digby was basically Dan Dare's batman (military orderly, not Bruce Wayne).

[THECORBYLOON]

I wonder if he has given similar advice to the Home Secretary or Sky reporter, Beth Rigby?