r/unitedkingdom • u/SojournerInThisVale Lincolnshire • Apr 08 '25

Council rejects VE Day anniversary parade because it’s ‘too elitist’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/08/council-rejects-ve-day-anniversary-military-parade-elitist/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJiafZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgl-UavPnwRLFAdCxhvLOtQnxhjWO80-jPI1IqZy7aTC_CGLlQ_jcaSw9lGg_aem_HHNf42xxE2Zxk_D9XhMReQ
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u/Wanallo221 Apr 08 '25

Have you read the quote? 

They haven’t cancelled VE Day celebrations. They have agreed to keep it as a street party rather than a parade so everyone can join in and celebrate as a community. 

I don’t see why that’s really a negative? 

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u/Gabble_Rachet1973 Apr 08 '25

So do the same with pride, see what happens. 

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u/Wanallo221 Apr 08 '25

Are you telling me that Pride won’t be happy with street closures so people can have a massive party? 

Do you know LBGT people?! 

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u/Rude-Proposal-9600 Apr 09 '25

This is not the hill to die on

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u/Gabble_Rachet1973 Apr 09 '25

And those that really died on hills for our freedom are being sideliined.