Captain Sir Tom Moore

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Yes I’ve always got odd vibes off of the daughter too. Loves the limelight a bit too much. I also wouldn’t be carting my 100 year old dad to Barbados in the midst of a pandemic but I’m sure he’s raked in a pretty penny himself for various appearances etc, she strikes me as the sort to have started spending the inheritance early.
 
PoppyD said:
Yeah what he did was nice raising all the money but let's get over it now
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He did a wonderful thing and has had a lot of thanks and praise and a Knighthood but enough is enough I thin he has become a cash cow for many.Sad but not really surprising.

Jetting off to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic is stupid but dragging a 100 year old with you is lunacy, the flight will be stressful in itself.

Gym&Tonic said:
Captain Tom seems much frailer than he was in the summer.
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All the attention and TV appearances have taken their toll.

Jetting off to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic is stupid but dragging a 100 year old with you is lunacy, the flight will be stressful in itself.


shadyessex33 said:
He looks noticeably frailer in this picture too. Of course the daughter is all smiles behind him, can’t stand her
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Well she's got a nice holiday off him and her husband loos like a right arrogant and smug git
 
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I wonder if Captain Tom doesn’t have much say, probably wants to keep his family happy. I’m not sure I would fly out a 100 year old during a pandemic either. I think he’s being exploited too. They are at risk of turning the nation off him (or the family) at this rate. His fundraising should have been enough to speak for itself, I’m not sure why all the interviews. I can’t help feel like the daughter wants fame and she’s literally wheeling Tom out for appearances to keep the attention on them.
 
Its ridiculous the Gov had the nerve to praise him so much when he should never had had to do that shite to raise money towards NHS related services anyway. But, it is what it is. Everyone started wheeling their nans & gramps out to do some form of charity raising since.

Credit where its due, but it all goes on too long.
 
Begborrowsteal said:
Its ridiculous the Gov had the nerve to praise him so much when he should never had had to do that shite to raise money towards NHS related services anyway. But, it is what it is. Everyone started wheeling their nans & gramps out to do some form of charity raising since.

Credit where its due, but it all goes on too long.
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The cynic in me says that Cap Moore's efforts have made the NHS look like a charity thus giving the Gov an easy way out of funding it by making us pay for it with donations.
 
I'm so glad there is a thread to discuss him and his family!

I have been sick of hearing about him tbh.

Like, good for him and all, but what about the other people out there who tried to raise money but did not get nearly enough recognition or even media attention?

Plus, the NHS is not a charity, so the fact the government then played on the fact he was raising money for the NHS? They must have been rubbing their hands together in glee.

Then you have the stupid decision to go abroad. Just wtf? During a pandemic?! Why?! I know it was a private plane? But still, so irresponsible.

Good for him for doing what he did, but can we please stop going on about it.
 
Bubblesandflowers said:
There was also another 100 year old man walking to raise money for the NHS. It was very sad he didn't get the same publicity. He was awarded an OBE which I heard he was very proud of.
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Tom got more attention because of his military past. He'd never have had all this fanfare if he'd been a muslim grandpa. But Tom is really palatable for a certain cross-section of the UK and brands, celebrities, etc found that they could boost their own image by aligning with his.

What's actually happened is that his efforts - while I don't want to say they were wrong - but the way they have been championed in the press, has led (as others have said up-thread) to the NHS being perceived as a charitable organisation. Charity funded health care is what we had before the NHS and we got rid of it because it wasn't sufficient.

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Tom and his family should have been using his interview opportunities to advocate for the NHS but they did not.
 
Icing _on_ the_cake said:
Tom got more attention because of his military past. He'd never have had all this fanfare if he'd been a muslim grandpa. But Tom is really palatable for a certain cross-section of the UK and brands, celebrities, etc found that they could boost their own image by aligning with his.

What's actually happened is that his efforts - while I don't want to say they were wrong - but the way they have been championed in the press, has led (as others have said up-thread) to the NHS being perceived as a charitable organisation. Charity funded health care is what we had before the NHS and we got rid of it because it wasn't sufficient.

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Tom and his family should have been using his interview opportunities to advocate for the NHS but they did not.
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There was an asian grandfather doing similar to Tom, but I only saw 1 or 2 news reports on him
 
New to this thread so this may have been asked before, but can I ask a stupid question. I've always wondered if his 'walk round his garden' was just a walk round a normal sized garden, or was his garden wrapped around that huge house we saw on the news? What I mean is, does he live in a small house in that huge building, or is that huge building his house? I don't want to sound facetious but I'm not sure and have always wondered since then? 🤔
 
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