Mister M Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 8 minutes ago, Axe said: There are eight young ladies who have ambitions to be the 2024 Spalding Flower Queen No prizes for spotting the odd one out. He's made it to the finals, so obviously he's been allowed to enter and the other competitors are probably fine with it, if not they're free to withdraw. It's an insignificant contest, so what. If everyone enjoys themselves then great. Why stand on the sidelines, and make derogatory comments towards him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 7 minutes ago, Mister M said: He's made it to the finals, so obviously he's been allowed to enter and the other competitors are probably fine with it, if not they're free to withdraw. It's an insignificant contest, so what. If everyone enjoys themselves then great. Why stand on the sidelines, and make derogatory comments towards him? Maybe people object to a man potentially taking something from women, again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Just now, The_DADDY said: Maybe people object to a man potentially taking something from women, again? Then presumably they are perfectly free to raise their objections to the event organisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 7 minutes ago, Mister M said: Then presumably they are perfectly free to raise their objections to the event organisers. But why should they? Why have this issue forced on them in the first place? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 minute ago, The_DADDY said: But why should they? Why have this issue forced on them in the first place? Why not write to Amnesty International then if you feel that strongly about it? Oh actually, don't bother, one of the female contestants in the running to be Miss Spalding flower queen has already spoken about "having this issue forced on her": .... 18, another finalist, said she was "very excited" to be shortlisted, adding that it is "great" Keith is taking part. "If I wasn't in the running I'd be all over it. I'd be like: 'Go Keith!'" she said. Spalding Flower Parade: First male finalist for Flower Queen - BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Just now, Mister M said: Why not write to Amnesty International then if you feel that strongly about it? Oh actually, don't bother, one of the female contestants in the running to be Miss Spalding flower queen has already spoken about "having this issue forced on her": .... 18, another finalist, said she was "very excited" to be shortlisted, adding that it is "great" Keith is taking part. "If I wasn't in the running I'd be all over it. I'd be like: 'Go Keith!'" she said. Spalding Flower Parade: First male finalist for Flower Queen - BBC News What about the other women? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Just now, The_DADDY said: What about the other women? I dunno, get yourself over to Spalding and ask them if they feel slighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 12 minutes ago, Mister M said: I dunno, Snipped Cool 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_DADDY Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 12 minutes ago, Mister M said: Snipped get yourself over to Spalding and ask them if they feel slighted. No thanks. My last time there didn't end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 From what I can see, the event returned last year after a 10 year gap, was open to all with the winner taking the title of "Ambassador." Some folk persuaded the organiser to change back to the original title this year. The event has its own Facebook group, where the majority of people seem quite happy about this year's event, with the inevitable few complaining. Many of the loudest anti's don't seem to be locals. Plenty of support for both the organiser and all the contestants. Civil critical comments seem to have been left up, with only the offensive ones removed; it is a family fun event after all Comment from the organiser Stephen Timewell We had an ambassador last year and everyone complained saying we should have stuck with tradition and had a flower queen. I guess I can't be right. The LAW states we cannot discriminate between gender or anything else and that's what I have done. It was open to all genders./gender neutral etc. Any publicity DOES NOT make an unfair advantage. The judges will NOT be looking at gender but looking for the person who will best represent Spalding and has the best personality It look like Keith is a local character who's involvement is all quite light hearted. The raised publicity seems to have boosted the group membership up to 11K The official page for those interested in the event, rather than those who prefer to promote division. Inevitably the Telegraph has jumped in with a pejorative headline Male finalist in Lincolnshire Flower Queen competition ‘gaslights women’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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