Although, when George describes a television presenter as "That posh bird that gets everything wrong" in Hard Day's Night seems appropriate.
For those who have been lucky enough to have missed this trend, Amelia is a character from the educational game "Pathways: Navigating
the Internet and Extremism". The game was designed for the British government to help young people recognize and
avoid online radicalization. However, she has become a viral meme,
often associated with far-right ideologies, which has shifted the game's
original intent. Amelia parrots right-wing, often racist, talking points, connecting her celebration of stereotypical British culture with anti-migrant and Islamophobic tropes. Her England is that of an American who has never visited the place.
For example, she likes eating fish and chip in a pub, which is wrong on several levels. Traditionally, Fish and Chips came from the chip shop, or "chippie". And pubs didn't sell food back then. Well, at least not like the ones like Wetherspoons does now. Even more importantly, Pubs are quickly vanishing for economic reasons:
The UK is experiencing a significant decline in the number of pubs, with projections indicating that one pub is set to close every day in 2025 due to rising operational costs and reduced consumer spending. This trend has resulted in thousands of job losses and highlights the urgent need for government intervention to support the struggling pub industry.
Next comes her accent, which is rather posh since she is supposed to be from Yorkshire (Pathways mentions East Riding amd Bradford). Something like Jodie Whittaker's accent n the clip below would be far more appropriate. I can't imagine someone talking like Amelia and lasting long up there. Amelia belongs in Downton Abbey, not Yorkshire. And Highclere Castle, which poses as Downton Abbey, is in Hampshire, which is in the South of England.
But there are so many things wrong with the Amelia memes it's hard to get upset about, such as her in this D-Day landing craft full of Americans. Or are they Danes? Since I see a Danish flag in the background. Toss in another vid has a giant Danish flag in it!
Someone mentioned something about her and Minnesota, but I can't see Amelia shedding tears for people who are fighting people deporting furriners. I think she would be more of an ICE supporter.
I believe the memes have her fawning over Nigel Farage. So, she's a definite loser, unless she secretly hopes for England to become the 51st State: after Wales and Scotland devolve and join the EU.
Well, as another line from the scene I mentioned from Hard Day's Night goes: "The new thing is to care passionately and be right wing."
And she does like dogs: although for seriously silly reasons.


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