BBC News report on execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu, Christmas Day 1989

The death of the Romanian President, reported by Jill Dando and John Simpson.

[@beijingbond]

The most depressing thing about this was that Birds of a Feather was on during Boxing Day.

[@tt-lk3jc]

and also british pm and American president.

[@graemestarkey7524]

BBC inflicting their own particular horrors on the UK. They still do with Mrs Brown's Boys😢

[@Ozymandi_as]

​@@graemestarkey7524whereas I'm sure you could never be accused of being repetitive.

[@Ozymandi_as]

I though it was quite funny - not the series, which I never watched, but as a segue into the announcement. "And now we interupt your Boxing Day viewing to bring you news from Bucharest, where two very different birds of a feather have also been getting rather ruffled....

[@gaggymott9159]

Sadly, so is Jill Dando, the Newscaster....Very sad 😔

[@andyhughes5885]

Tyrants usually come to a sticky end.

[@vova.shlang4230]

I hope Biden does too

[@Samuelwastaken]

@@vova.shlang4230 good joke

[@talcumpowder1000]

Do they?

[@valuetraveler2026]

B Liar is still walking about

[@richardmulcahy9919]

RIP Jill Dando 1961-1999

[@omarbernal2408]

Was just thinkknk what a sexy news lady. Just saw a video of her mysterious murder? Wow

[@ajs41]

@@omarbernal2408 She was the presenter of Crimewatch UK, the main TV show dedicated to catching criminals on British TV at the time of her murder.

[@applemask]

Christmas just won't be the same this year for Nicolae and Elena

[@The-Sigma-Principle]

i was 12y old in Bucharest and remember everything

[@radders8651]

I remember hearing this news and shouting “Hooray!!” My mother gave me a very icy look 😅

[@UsmanBello]

Ah, the winter of 1989. I was in Panama when Noriega went on the run after US Forces invaded. I was only 12 years old at the time and I witnessed things that kids my age should never ever need to experience. And I was standing outside the Papal Nunicio while Noriega was holed up inside and the US Army Psyops were blasting heavy metal music towards the building.

[@LMB222]

Important question: what where they playing?

[@vova.shlang4230]

@@LMB222 in Intermarium, fucking poland

[@zinozee8929]

Of course they would the filthy devils

[@simonchacha554]

@@LMB222 A year late and not OP, but from what I’ve read they were blasting Van Halen

[@Pikaling3408]

My father in law was born under Ceausescu he defected in 84 he did watched closely the Revolution that unfolded in his home country and the execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu the damaged the two had caused to Romania was big

[@gabrielmarian698]

Iliescu et co did 1000x more damage.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@gabrielmarian698 No

[@enigmaticzigfried7557]

​@@gabrielmarian698 Iliescu was not 25 years in power and never had the dictatorial powers Ceausescu possessed.

[@deltawasneverhere]

I mean he has a point iliescu was a communist like the others Corruption still cripples the country

[@RM-ih6fk]

Yes so much damage. Now Romania is a poor, miserable backwater of Europe, that gets abused by western governments and corporations, and is full of corrupt politicians that rape the country clean of its resources, while drugs and crimes are on the rise, and doctors, architects and the like are leaving the country by the thousand! Yes Romania is definitely much better off now! You fool.

[@ajs41]

Bit of a grim thing for Jill Dando to report on.

[@michelesanpietro3013]

It was quite a right thing instead.

[@BOHEMIANMEX]

And many years later Jill was murdered 😔

[@gtownboi3877]

I did it

[@chrisnotpratt1903]

​@@gtownboi3877 nah

[@affectionatepunch]

I wish we could go back the news like this the newsreader staying put instead of wandering round showing off their latest technology

[@richardmulcahy9919]

The Late Jill Dando doing the news

[@pauldh62]

However hated the couple were, their trial was a farce and utterly shameful.

[@nifralo2752]

Well was about as fair as any trail in Romania for the previous 50 years

[@BullRadu]

@@nifralo2752 they killed them straight away cause Iliescu was as guilty as Ceausescu and he had to kill Ceausescu fast so that he can take controll of the country and have nobody to rat on him.

[@valuetraveler2026]

ok comrade

[@valuetraveler2026]

Only a Romanian may make that statement with any credibility @@nifralo2752

[@mariadoloresriveroramos1492]

Me acuerdo perfectamente de cuando los ejecutaron grabando la televisión en directo

[@Alejandro-vn2si]

En España (o latinoamerica) lo pasaron en vivo la transmisión?

[@mariadoloresriveroramos1492]

@@Alejandro-vn2si y Ningún país protesto o la ejecución

[@asterlofts1565]

Ahora se perdió su ejecución en vivo (es Lost Media).

[@biancahotca3244]

Finally a non Romanian pronouncing Ceaușescu correctly.

[@No_name571]

Yea because people don't know how to pronunce ș,ă,â,ț

[@biancahotca3244]

@@No_name571 That's true.

[@927ismynumber]

When I hear that theme kick in at 1.21 I can hear my mother say to my sister and me, "Right, you two...bed"

[@cocopups5334]

how come?

[@GG-hu9dn]

Not much has changed though, has it??

[@vladimanisor1562]

Not necessarily in the first year or so after ‘89 but Romania has changed A LOT since the early 90s!

[@GG-hu9dn]

@@vladimanisor1562 I have spent much time in Romania over the years and I discussed this with many Romanians and there is I would say: a 50/50 opinion on this matter? :-) I liked it as a country and was very surprised how european and enchanting it was? However, there is a considerable underbelly of corruption that greatly hinders it as a country, albiet a very lovely country, and Ceaucescu is a very big part of of Romanian history and I would say he did many great things as well, however, we don't hear very much about those - just western propaganda emphasizing and demonising his downfall - namely because he didn't fit into their world view in the scheme of things?!

[@vladimanisor1562]

@@GG-hu9dn I agree with you. Ceaușescu was a patriot and wanted our country to thrive but he was also inarguably a hypocrite (owning a bonafide mansion during an age of systematization, having an entire country to “godify” him and Elena, the couple owning numerous fake titles such as chemestry engineers etc. etc.). Sure, he did wonders for Romania’s economy but the way in which he did this were unprecedented (reducing imported goods, forcing Romanian citizens to bare power and food shortages and basically SELLING german and jewish ethnics to their respective countries). He DID lead an oppressive regime and he DID abuse of human rights (freedom of speech and freedom of movement, per se). So comparing these to what we have today, with some small exceptions, I’d say we have it better today.

[@GG-hu9dn]

@@vladimanisor1562 Yes...excluding 4 holidays a year tough? :-))-)) But I can tell you that neoliberasiam, which is far worse in the Uk, is definately not something Romaniana wants to immulate?! Having said this they do have their own independent way pf doing things?! I love to visit I think its unique and beuatful in many ways and I hope it retains its orginal spirit and does a better job than we here in the UK have done?! :-))

[@ba-gg6jo]

I assume you mean when it comes to the present issues in Ukraine and another despot still in charge in Russia rather than the present situation in Romania?

[@ciprianpopa1503]

history told us again and again that even you if rightly shoot or decapitate one mad leader, what usually comes after is some other weasel .

[@valuetraveler2026]

Illiade maybe? But noone as bad as these two since then. You saying he should have been spared?

[@juanindojorgijanad782]

After the Romanian revolution, the state TV goes democratic. #tvr #tvr1 #romania #ioniliescu #nicolaeceausescu

[@markarca6360]

3 years before, in 1986, the former president of the Philippines Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. was removed from presidency, and his entire family self-exiled in Hawaii, USA.

[@jeremyslaney5644]

Romanian dictator, emperor for life. Lived a life of luxury shared only by his wife

[@docuziulian8892]

Yea and 31 years later are other extremists who are destroying romania and try to bring romania like north korea

[@foxgamer9960]

Nope he gave free houses to People he cared for people

[@ronis_5269]

Was a people’s man, always offered, only those who didn’t want never received.

[@eddiekaartijer56]

I bet you have more luxury than he had...

[@70ajc]

Nope Jeremy, not even close.

[@StephenLuke]

RIH Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918-1989) and Elena Ceaușescu (1916-1989)

[@antoniosilvestro9045]

RIP 🙏

[@jannepetersen4660]

That is what happen when people have had it, I think it can happen again, because the powerful people in the world do play with fire, and again an entire world are about to have it. As long as people feel pressure and submission, the danger is around the corner, we are talking majority of people around the world, it can end very bad.....

[@geehothi4318]

There’s always something going off somewhere.

[@Blubatt]

christmas just won't be the same... You said it, announcer man. Romanian Christmas TV: The execution of the Ceaucescus

[@2010bohogrunge]

Дано така стане и с Румен Радев,Владимир Путин,Ким Ченун,Реджеп Тайип Ердоган, Владимир Зеленски , Доналд Тръмп,Костадин Костадинов.

[@freiheit5593]

nice shot

[@hendrickvedder4408]

Or Deng and Li 😡

[@kingdoc3262]

I learned something

[@michelesanpietro3013]

It was the end of a nightmare for the Rumanian people.

[@shutyourmouthnow]

and the beginning of a hard reality worst than that ''nightmare''

[@michelesanpietro3013]

​@@shutyourmouthnow I totally disagree with you, now Rumania is a free and democratic country infinitely better than the murderous Ceausescu dictatorship.

[@bisatech4484]

Next is putin and belarus leader

[@tylerbozinovski427]

Alyaksandr Lukashenka

[@GreencampRhodie]

Next is zelensky - psychopath.

[@alessiolan6125]

Shut up. Glory to President Vladimir Putin from Italy🇮🇹❤️🇷🇺

[@tomgentry5987]

Definitely Putin is next

[@stephenmartin2737]

Should be a stark warning to all repressive regimes, ordinary people only tolerate so much !!!

[@stevendaniel8126]

The same for Putin .....

[@markberryhill2715]

That's what we're all hoping for.

[@valuetraveler2026]

speak for yourself@@markberryhill2715

[@evansclan4eva49]

Animal Farm. Putin take note.

[@srpskivitez6003]

And Kim Jong Un

[@larry1824]

Bang they daid,!!!!!!!!!

[@k.chvastekova]

That was a chirsmas gift

[@pwhy6680]

Ceaucescu she murder jill Dando. Heard it hear 1st

[@watewmark]

Serbia is not Romania

[@markriding1267]

Jill Dando...executed by the State too.

[@onegathers]

Keep the tinfoil flag riding, right Sparky?

[@markriding1267]

@@onegathers bit too close to the paedos in Government and Lord Boothby's little songbird... you ain't gathering much there are you 😉

[@markriding1267]

@@onegathers kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIeleWagepJpp8U

[@markriding1267]

@@onegathers King Charlies mate Jim fixed it... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoS3k4GnnMuNd5I

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

Blair killed Dando and many others too.

[@remyworldpeace]

Might happen to Putin within a few days lol

[@iainclark5964]

Putins greatest fear!

[@surendramumgai631]

What a shame to put two old people to death who worked all their lives for their people....the couple had so much faith and trust in their countrymen that they even called a meeting where they asked their public for support something that evil dictators don't do when their end is near...

[@MsValiG]

I partied for days once we shot the mf

[@drpatrick1429]

Next is Biden

[@888ssss]

someone send this to boris johnson.....

[@alex-jk7ff]

I dont get it, why. I am not from the UK

[@watewmark]

@@alex-jk7ff he is calling his prime minister a tyrant and aim to tell him the tyrants gets judged and executed. nothing further than that

[@alex-jk7ff]

@@watewmark they do not have a dictator this commentator should get out of their fairytale

[@No_name571]

Wounderful!! But the thing is that he made the country strong and got rid of our debts, if it wasn't communism, I bet he would've been one of the best

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

He got your country into debt in the first place.

[@shutyourmouthnow]

@@blitzerblazinoah6838 wrong

[@blitzerblazinoah6838]

@@shutyourmouthnow not wrong, fact.

[@shutyourmouthnow]

@@blitzerblazinoah6838 I'm romanian and I know what I'm talkin' about. All what you know about communism it's what occidental media shown you, but isn't like that. The devil is not soo black like they wanna make you think it is

[@granusko1]

Exporting food and basic consumer goods to fund their lavish lifestyle while millions of Romanians literally had nothing to eat really is a staple of being a strong country

[@oanailisei8355]

Romanasilor ne merita soarta! De rasul lumii!!!! Rad de noi toti avenitii!!

[@margyoan97]

Come on neighbor... We wish you well- hell, it's not like we're in a much better spot. Only 1 thing tho- ever since I was a child I've admired you Romanians for grabbing your leader and putting a bullet through his head.

[@ciprianpopa1503]

???

[@No_name571]

Stai ce?

[@gopro979]

Ceaușescu last Romanian Hero. Killed by La Kosher Nostra. I wish to all West European presidents same shit. We never forget "your" help.

[@vic8695]

murderer. His Securitate murdered my parents and jailed my uncle for 7 years. I laughed when heard he was executed and when i found out where he was buried, i went to spit on his grave. Good riddance, commie man.

[@enigmaticzigfried7557]

It is telling that you are admiring Stalinist mass murderers such as Ceausescu who has been best buddies with the terrorist PLO and Ghaddafi. Crossing my fingers Pootin will suffer the same fate 🤞

[@shutyourmouthnow]

@@vic8695 how old you are?

[@HELESPONTify]

I am not Romanian, lived in Socialisam, Only must say all goo our Socialisam!

[@gabrielmarian698]

Too much propaganda and lies.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Nothing here is propaganda

[@raduanghel4882]

@@EssexAggiegrad2011 maybe you ifnd this interesting kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3zXZJiZo7OnrNk

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@StanTheMan No

[@enigmaticzigfried7557]

Yes yes... just propaganda invented by the insidious West to make Socialist Romania look bad. Romania was totally not on the brink of starvation in the late 1980's. And Ceausescu was super competent and totally not a megalomaniac dictator whose policies were far from devastating the entire Romanian economy and infrastructure 😂🎉

[@ciprianpopa1503]

name 1 propaganda statement or a lie

[@hueyfreeman1983]

His country is poor now so he had the last laugh

[@Galahad_Du_Lac]

They were already poor. At least now they’re free.

[@hueyfreeman1983]

@@Galahad_Du_Lac They were the country with the most home ownership in the world under Chaucescu

[@Galahad_Du_Lac]

@@hueyfreeman1983 People were forced into state housing under threat of imprisonment. People also frequently disappeared in the night. Romania is a much better place now.

[@hueyfreeman1983]

@@Galahad_Du_Lac I would take being forced to have a roof over my head over being homeless anyday

[@ijustach]

he did shit for us. he only continued what others did before him.some people might have money but that was in vain because there weren t enough products for everyone.he starved his entire population. people only had electric light for a limited time. Citizens and even kids were forced to work.They were also beaten or killed or put inn prison for life If they were dissobeing orders. It was much worse than I described here.

[@kentcyclist]

This was so unfair. This couple were hero's

[@dannybodros5180]

no they weren't

[@edmundsveikutis1698]

This has to be sarcasm.

[@watewmark]

The only good thing they evee did was prevent the country to fall back in USSR grip. by doing exactly what peoples didn't want from USSR.. and doing it even worst 😂😂😂

[@ushoys]

The plural of hero is heroes.

[@chrisnotpratt1903]

Funny joke

[@fpopee]

It's time to bring this back if civilization is to flourish.

[@romanianisraeli]

Poor Ceaucescu, they did not deserve that. Now Trump is a different story.