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[Barman]

Watching the Budget 

petrol, fags, booze, council tax, etc.? 

[Grumpmeister]

Watching the Budget 

petrol, fags, booze, council tax, etc.? 

Given that I wouldn't trust Reeves to cash up a till much less create a budget I'm not expecting anything good. 

[Barman]

Watching the Budget 

petrol, fags, booze, council tax, etc.? 

Given that I wouldn't trust Reeves to cash up a till much less create a budget I'm not expecting anything good. 

I was posting elsewhere earlier, can anybody remember a budget that was 'good'...?

I remember my parents dreading it in the 60s... Has there been a gubberment that has actually managed the economy well and managed to produce a budget that people liked?

Somebody mention that Geoffory Howe reduced income tax but he put up VAT instead... 

[Grumpmeister]

Watching the Budget 

petrol, fags, booze, council tax, etc.? 

Given that I wouldn't trust Reeves to cash up a till much less create a budget I'm not expecting anything good. 

I was posting elsewhere earlier, can anybody remember a budget that was 'good'...?

I remember my parents dreading it in the 60s... Has there been a gubberment that has actually managed the economy well and managed to produce a budget that people liked?

Somebody mention that Geoffory Howe reduced income tax but he put up VAT instead... 

Well the farmers have already started protesting at Trafalgar Square as they are expecting to get royally hammered

[Steve]

Off to hostipal 2pm so will miss the budget live.  It will of course be some sort of Horlicks mess and last night's increasing the NMW by more than inflation sets a bad tone.  Good for the Black economy and migrant traffickers of course.

[Grumpmeister]

Ok something odd has just happened. The coverage of the farmers protest just cut off and I now have a black screen with PA -transmit - 3 in the corner and an odd gold hexagonal logo appearing and disappearing on the screen.

[Steve]

So a difficult choice to be made:

The courtesy car supplied while Mrs K's car is being mended is an Audi (and a low spec one).   So do I have to take a special course to learn how to be an 'the A stands for Arsehole' far too common Audi driver type or do I fight the trend? 

[Barman]

So a difficult choice to be made:

The courtesy car supplied while Mrs K's car is being mended is an Audi (and a low spec one).   So do I have to take a special course to learn how to be an 'the A stands for Arsehole' far too common Audi driver type or do I fight the trend?

Don't use the indicators... 

[Steve]

So a difficult choice to be made:

The courtesy car supplied while Mrs K's car is being mended is an Audi (and a low spec one).   So do I have to take a special course to learn how to be an 'the A stands for Arsehole' far too common Audi driver type or do I fight the trend?

Don't use the indicators... 

 

[Grumpmeister]

Just drive as if you were Baldymort, what's the worst that could happen...? 

OK quick bit of Googling and I found out what the screen is

The screen message you saw, "PA transmit 3" with a gold hexagon, is an internal broadcast industry service or engineering message, likely indicating an issue with the transmission signal or a switch to a backup feed. It is an operational message for broadcast engineers, not a general public error code or an intentional censorship message.

Explanation of the message

"PA transmit 3": This refers to a specific Program Area (PA) or a particular transmission path/feed (Transmit 3) within the broadcasting system. Broadcasters use such codes to manage and identify various internal video and audio feeds.

Gold Hexagon: This is likely a graphic or a specific symbol associated with that particular internal feed, used by the broadcaster's system for quick visual identification.

Black Screen: The black screen suggests that the primary signal feed was lost or intentionally cut, and the system either switched to an empty backup channel (Transmit 3) or failed to transition to a correct alternative, resulting in the display of this technical information.

The interruption was almost certainly a technical glitch or an internal operational error at the broadcaster's end, and not related to the content of the farmers' protest coverage itself. The coverage of the farmer protests has been reported on by various news outlets in the UK, including the BBC, without any indication of a general blackout or D-notice.

If you were watching via a specific service, you could try checking the broadcaster's official social media or website for any service status updates or technical issue reports.

Well after a quick google search and a check of their social media pages there is no notification of any technical or operational issues with the feed. 

[Grumpmeister]

Tried another news service and got the same screen, that doesn't bode well.

[Steve]

Tried another news service and got the same screen, that doesn't bode well.

Nah these things happen

I'd hope the police confiscated the illegally participating farm vehicles but I guess they didn't

[Barman]

Tried another news service and got the same screen, that doesn't bode well.

Nah these things happen

I'd hope the police confiscated the illegally participating farm vehicles but I guess they didn't

I'd hope they'd arrest people marching up the streets and calling for millions of Jews to be killed each weekend... But I guess they won't do that either...

[Steve]

Actually they do arrest them *

I'm not Mr Tolerant on illegal demonstrations


* apparently though they can't arrest Farage for saying about Jews, 'Gas them'

[Barman]

Actually they do arrest them *

I'm not Mr Tolerant on illegal demonstrations


* apparently though they can't arrest Farage for saying about Jews, 'Gas them'

I'm not sure plod could go into schools 50 years ago and arrest kids for saying 'four eyes', 'fatty', 'carrot head' or any other juvenile insult...

Also, running around the playground with your arms out pretending to be a Spitfire and shouting 'TAK-A-TAK-A-TAK-A' was strangely tolerated...

No doubt the BBC (which appears to be obsessed by this story) will be looking into TV series of the age like the Black and White Minstrels, Love Thy Neighbour and Til Death Us Do Part to consider how their views clash with modern day standards...?