Both the platforms and the publishing news organisations need to keep on top of this. The impact of 1 or 20 of these comments at a time of such grief is grossly underestimated. Platforms and publishers have a duty of care to vulnerable, grieving families.

To think of the absolute shit being spammed under sensitive posts, which are being monitored and read by the families of bereaved people, is heartbreaking.

When we've had deaths in the family, relatives have taken great solace in the condolences and messages people leave under their death notices. We've read them out to our grandmother in the lulls during those mind-boggling days between death and funeral.

All this and you can still go out to a shop or bar without any hassle. Living the dream!

I can't believe I posted this before he literally threw merch out to the audience

Sure, it's for the benefit of the US "special relationship" with Britain — the most important and special centre of the commonwealth.

Which really begs the question: why do Canadians or any other independent commonwealth nations put up with being the lesser child of a foreign power?

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