More "middle-class" bollocks

tc-obo · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:57 pm

Lots of criticism of the "OMG SEX :O:O:O" angle of the Mail here, including:

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If they had been the working class they would have been called fithy scum .

Ernwit Nottingham 15/07/09

- Ernest Witney, Nottingham .England, 15/7/2009 09:32
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ManicMiner · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 9:39 am

Currently on the front page

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You've seen the headlines and read the advice, but what's it really like to have swine flu? A mother of three and an Oxford graduate describe their ordeals.

On the actual article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ories.html

Sophie Griffiths, 24, is single, an Oxford graduate and a journalist from East Finchley in London.

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'I suppose I should have tried to get some Tamiflu, but I've barely been awake enough to think about seeking medical help. Since Monday, I've only been awake for about four hours

How did she get in the article then?

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'My father wanted to come and collect me and take me home to Cornwall to recover,

What's with the pointless details?

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So Sophie Griffiths went and helped out her friends who were confirmed as having swine flu and then dismissed the symtpons she started showing herself in order to go work- infecting god knows how many people on the way and at work itself. No wonder it's spreading, stupid girl.

- JBrodie, Cornwall, 23/7/2009 07:52

Mail commentator common sense shock.

Fozzy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:28 pm

Goodness me, so when you get swine flu you get, um, typical flu symptoms. Who'd have thought?

ACG · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:35 pm

there are apparently these places called "pound shops" full of bulk buys, and budget items... how ghastly!

thankfully all the comments are pointing out what a massive snob she is being, and that everyone has heard of walkers french fries, you get them all over the place.

ManicMiner · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:54 pm

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Nearby is a strange range of Walkers potato snacks called French Fries. Who eats them?

yeah, WTF is that about?

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The Hammersmith branch of Poundland is on the ground floor of the Kings Mall shopping centre, perfectly situated to reflect its place in the British economic landscape.

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To get to it, you walk past Clinton Cards, the T-Mobile shop, Foot Locker and H. Samuel. You will find it opposite Burger King, sandwiched between Superdrug and a Fusion fashion outlet. Geographically and economically speaking, that is exactly where it should be.

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you know those gangs of girls who plague our city centres on hen outings? Now I know where they buy their stuff.

Nah, just another crap article trying to stir up controversy.

jonnyhead · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:58 pm

Christ, she likes to display her ignorance, doesn't she?

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...and something called Masters Of Angling with Bob Nudd.

That would be 4x world angling champion Bob Nudd MBE. I have no interest in angling but just because you don't know about something doesn't make it rubbish.

I also like the fact that, while she's singled out French Fries, in the photos you can see she's bought a big pack of McCoys, utterly normal crisps.

Fozzy · **Posted:** Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:16 pm

I'm confused, why would an article supposedly by Jan Moir carry pictures of DM writer Claudia Connell in the shop Ms Moir is writing about? Wouldn't Ms Moir allow photos of herself in such downmarket surroundings to be published? Or could they be telling the tiniest porkies about who actaully wrote this rubbish?

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:53 am

I'm surprised there hasn't been any coverage of the guy who has been arrested for 'allegedly' stabbing a kid who was causing trouble outside his house. Sorry, '£500,000 house'.

With such headlines across the tabloid media (including the Mirror, I'm ashamed to say) as "My stab horror", one would be forgiven for thinking that this hard working family man had been the victim of some vicious hoodie head-footbal interface followed by a quick stanley to the ribs. But no, it appears that after his son was being hassled by a gang of drunk kids, this sensible middle-class pillar of the community did what any self-respecting parent would do. He picked up a letter opener (thin bladed, pointed object) and stabbed one of the kids seven times in the chest.

Subsequently he was arrested. His wife complains that this is shocking behaviour by the police - you know, arresting someone promptly for malicious wounding - and that it bought such shame on her to see her husband in handcuffs. Yes, what could the neighbours be thinking? Meanwhile, he's on bail pending further investigation. Isn't it terrible?

Sorry but no. OK, you're fed up with th local rowdies, and then one has a pop at your son. So what's your reaction? You deliberately choose to pick up a bladed weapon and proceed to try to murder one of them by repeatedly stabbing their vital areas. But it's OK as you're a company director and you own an expensive house.

Utter, utter hypocritical bollocks. :evil:

mr_wonderful · **Joined:** Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:56 pm **Posts:** 515

Andy McDandy wrote:

I'm surprised there hasn't been any coverage of the guy who has been arrested for 'allegedly' stabbing a kid who was causing trouble outside his house. Sorry, '£500,000 house'.

With such headlines across the tabloid media (including the Mirror, I'm ashamed to say) as "My stab horror", one would be forgiven for thinking that this hard working family man had been the victim of some vicious hoodie head-footbal interface followed by a quick stanley to the ribs. But no, it appears that after his son was being hassled by a gang of drunk kids, this sensible middle-class pillar of the community did what any self-respecting parent would do. He picked up a letter opener (thin bladed, pointed object) and stabbed one of the kids seven times in the chest.

Subsequently he was arrested. His wife complains that this is shocking behaviour by the police - you know, arresting someone promptly for malicious wounding - and that it bought such shame on her to see her husband in handcuffs. Yes, what could the neighbours be thinking? Meanwhile, he's on bail pending further investigation. Isn't it terrible?

Sorry but no. OK, you're fed up with th local rowdies, and then one has a pop at your son. So what's your reaction? You deliberately choose to pick up a bladed weapon and proceed to try to murder one of them by repeatedly stabbing their vital areas. But it's OK as you're a company director and you own an expensive house.

Utter, utter hypocritical bollocks. :evil:

I don't bother reading such stories most of the time as you never get the full story - they are pandering to their own agenda.

I'm sure many DM readers wouldn't support stabbing yobs - not when they can use their shotguns instead.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:58 pm

jonnyhead wrote:

Christ, she likes to display her ignorance, doesn't she?

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...and something called Masters Of Angling with Bob Nudd.

That would be 4x world angling champion Bob Nudd MBE. I have no interest in angling but just because you don't know about something doesn't make it rubbish.

I also like the fact that, while she's singled out French Fries, in the photos you can see she's bought a big pack of McCoys, utterly normal crisps.

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MikeSC · **Joined:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:08 pm **Posts:** 252

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Haha, poor people say "wot" instead of "what"!

I was under the impression that Thatcher had hunted the Poor People to extinction before reading this article. Good job you silly t**t (which, according to the Mail, is me being "lighthearted".

Come on Mods, let one of my comments in...

ManicMiner · **Posted:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:57 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... -show.html

Jeremy Kyle nearly killed me: The horrifying result of one women's decision to go on daytime TV's most notorious show

stupid, misleading headline.

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In Rebecca Langley’s case, appearing on the show with her boyfriend earlier this year could very easily have ended in her death. The fragile 23-year-old brunette, who is 4ft 10in in her stockinged feet, was left with a shattered eye socket and cheekbone and livid bite marks on her back.

If she hadn’t managed to escape the beating meted out by her boyfriend Jamie Juste, the father of her two children, she believes he might have killed her.

Anyway, what's this got to do with the Mail?

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Perhaps they were fooled by her appearance and manners. Unlike most of the participants in the show, she comes from a middle-class background. She was brought up in the picturesque village of Ramsay, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, with her siblings Sarah, 24, and James, 16.

Her grammar school-educated mother, Ann, 44, a former PA who runs her own business, and her father Ian, 48, a successful entrepreneur, did everything they could to pass on the work ethic to their daughter.

So what did ITV make of it?

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ITV maintains its stance that the circumstances of Juste’s crime are exceptional. A spokesman says: ‘Our aftercare provision is a key part of how the show aims to resolve conflict in our guests’ relationships.

‘Rebecca and her partner were seen by a mental health nurse after they left the studio, who advised them on a number of issues to help improve their relationship.

‘The production team maintained contact with them following the show, which resulted a week later in an initial offer of two counselling sessions and they were put in contact with a therapist.

‘We are dismayed that, in this case, Rebecca did not disclose details of the previous violence that she now says existed.

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No Jeremy Kyle did not nearly kill you. Your boyfriend did!!

- Liz, Manchester, 30/7/2009 11:45

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What annoys me is that we, all of us licence holders, pay for this TRASH. Shame on those 1.5million people who can't find anything better to do than watch this rubbish. BBC short of money?..... AXE THIS SHOW

- Martin, Cambridge, 30/7/2009 9:47

Got to be a pisstake - or the Mods are asleep (or don't care)

Sarah · **Joined:** Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:50 am **Posts:** 206

Andy McDandy wrote:

I'm surprised there hasn't been any coverage of the guy who has been arrested for 'allegedly' stabbing a kid who was causing trouble outside his house. Sorry, '£500,000 house'.

With such headlines across the tabloid media (including the Mirror, I'm ashamed to say) as "My stab horror", one would be forgiven for thinking that this hard working family man had been the victim of some vicious hoodie head-footbal interface followed by a quick stanley to the ribs. But no, it appears that after his son was being hassled by a gang of drunk kids, this sensible middle-class pillar of the community did what any self-respecting parent would do. He picked up a letter opener (thin bladed, pointed object) and stabbed one of the kids seven times in the chest.

Subsequently he was arrested. His wife complains that this is shocking behaviour by the police - you know, arresting someone promptly for malicious wounding - and that it bought such shame on her to see her husband in handcuffs. Yes, what could the neighbours be thinking? Meanwhile, he's on bail pending further investigation. Isn't it terrible?

Sorry but no. OK, you're fed up with th local rowdies, and then one has a pop at your son. So what's your reaction? You deliberately choose to pick up a bladed weapon and proceed to try to murder one of them by repeatedly stabbing their vital areas. But it's OK as you're a company director and you own an expensive house.

Utter, utter hypocritical bollocks. :evil:

It was in either the Sun or the Mirror the other day; not once did it say the man himself had stabbed the kid, it just kept saying things like 'after an altercation, one of the youths ended up with stab wounds' or somesuch, like they'd just magically appeared. The article took the same stance you mention - poor middle-class family man arrested for protecting his step-son - and completely glossed over the fact that he fucking STABBED a teenager. If he was an immigrant or working class it would have been a different story. It even had a photo of him outside his posh house, with that serious look people put on in right-wing newspaper photos to illustrate their disgust at the state of this once great nation.

Sarah · **Joined:** Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:50 am **Posts:** 206

ACG wrote:

there are apparently these places called "pound shops" full of bulk buys, and budget items... how ghastly!

thankfully all the comments are pointing out what a massive snob she is being, and that everyone has heard of walkers french fries, you get them all over the place.

Snobby bitch. SO. ANGRY.

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My basket is filling up quicker than Cherie Blair's did when she was asked to choose a few free gifts in an Australian designer warehouse.

Look at that writing talent. Such wit! Such cultural relevance!

Rob · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:03 pm

I know it was from a couple of days back but i think this must've had the mail readers spluttering into their cornflakes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8174482.stm

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Organic 'has no health benefits'

Organic food is no healthier than ordinary food, a large independent review has concluded.

There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found

I find there is nothing more nauseatingly middle-class and elitist as organic food.

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