As a still splutterer, Baffman, may I point out that:
1. at Post #43 I made it clear that I had watched the live coverage on the Digital BBC News channel and commended it, with the proviso that the Talk Over comment that "Many of the Veterans now feel guilty about what they did" was intrusive and unwarranted, though of course par for the course.
2. The OP point that the BBC snubbed the BC Memorial unveiling by not covering it live on BBC 1 or 2 still pertains.
3. Phil R saw fit to act as Devil's Advocate for the Beeb (Apologies
PR, a bit of Editorial Spin there. See what I mean?) and discussion moved onto the Thames Pageant fiasco and why it happened.
4. All the above tells me that the Beeb is quite capable of putting out a quality product (vis Trooping, Cenotaph and the BC Memorial) but often feels compelled to put its spin into the commentary. My point is that it should be devoid of spin and cover national events as a National Broadcaster, letting us perceive them as we wish and not as the Beeb decrees.
5. Having been around long enough to see it descend from the Olympian heights which it attained in WWII to the levels that draw so much adverse comment here for example, the words Leopard and Spots come to mind. The BBC is set on a one way journey that will end in its extinction, sooner rather than later hopefully so that we can move on into sunny uplands.
6. I asked you elsewhere what BAFF is doing on behalf of soldiers being made redundant days before they qualify for full pension rights. Now that we have your attention could you please answer on the appropriate thread?
http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...sion-date.html