Westminster Campaign Cruise

[Tim Lewis]

A short video from todays Fund Britain’s waterways campaign cruise to Westminster:

 

 

[Grassman]

It's disappointing that there hasn't been any news coverage of the event.

[tree monkey]

8 minutes ago, Grassman said:

It's disappointing that there hasn't been any news coverage of the event.

There was a report on Radio 4 today programme 

[adam1uk]

It also got a mention on the 1400 news on Radio 2 and Radio 4 yesterday.

[Arthur Marshall]

So there was coverage, it's just that hardly anyone reads or watches mainstream news any more. It's almost impossible to publicise any kind of event these days - the old concept of broadcast news that everyone listens to is gone. Facebook had its uses for a while, but no longer, X is a farce. National newspapers are mostly political party handouts, local ones are a joke. No one listens to local radio, it's just background noise in charity shops and my dentist.

There is simply no way to reach the general public any more. It's a weird situation as  you'd think with communications now being both ubiquitous and instant, it would be easy, but in fact the opposite is the case. There's too much information flow, all the time, so nothing except pictures of cats being cute gets noticed.

 

[wandering snail]

1 hour ago, tree monkey said:

There was a report on Radio 4 today programme 

Have you the link please.

[tree monkey]

24 minutes ago, wandering snail said:

Have you the link please.

Sorry, I heard it whilst as work, I'm not even sure if it was yesterday or today

[Sea Dog]

2 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

There's too much information flow, all the time, so nothing except pictures of cats being cute gets noticed.

I might have read the rest of your post if you'd included a picture of a cat being cute...  

[LadyG]

11 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

I might have read the rest of your post if you'd included a picture of a cat being cute...  

There is one on youtube of a dog mimicing a baby in a baby bouncer, it's almost unbelievable 

[Sea Dog]

2 hours ago, LadyG said:

There is one on youtube of a dog mimicing a baby in a baby bouncer, it's almost unbelievable 

I find that hard to believe. 

[Tim Lewis]

22 hours ago, adam1uk said:

It also got a mention on the 1400 news on Radio 2 and Radio 4 yesterday.

Also mentioned on Radio London 2.40 minutes in:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hq4mxg?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

[Midnight]

On 09/05/2024 at 16:18, Arthur Marshall said:

So there was coverage, it's just that hardly anyone reads or watches mainstream news any more. It's almost impossible to publicise any kind of event these days - the old concept of broadcast news that everyone listens to is gone. Facebook had its uses for a while, but no longer, X is a farce. National newspapers are mostly political party handouts, local ones are a joke. No one listens to local radio, it's just background noise in charity shops and my dentist.

There is simply no way to reach the general public any more. It's a weird situation as  you'd think with communications now being both ubiquitous and instant, it would be easy, but in fact the opposite is the case. There's too much information flow, all the time, so nothing except pictures of cats being cute gets noticed.

 

 

They should try the Guy Fawkes approach. He made the headlines for a very long time and let's be honest not many people would be that bothered these days.

[Grassman]

As with many news items, it wasn't wholly accurate. The FBW campaign is about the funding of other waterways such as the EA controlled ones and not just CRT's.

[Tim Lewis]

16 hours ago, Midnight said:

 

They should try the Guy Fawkes approach. He made the headlines for a very long time and let's be honest not many people would be that bothered these days.

just need to find a volunteer from the FBW committee to be tried then hung , drawn and quartered!