Happy birthday, dear Guardian!
Happy birthday.
Happy birthday Guardian.
Two hundred years? I can't believe it!
Happy birthday!
Happy 200 to the Guardian.
Happy 200th birthday to the Guardian.
Two hundred years.
Two hundred years. Mamma mia!
Two hundred years old, you know. Big up yourself Guardian.
Two hundred years old. Twice as old as me.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey! Manchester Guardian is 200 years old.
Nearly as old as me.
How did that happen?
Congratulations and happy birthday to the Guardian.
Congratulations to the Guardian for hitting 200 years.
We are really proud of you.
Just want to wish the Guardian newspaper a very happy 200th birthday.
Here's to another 200.
Bon anniversaire the Guardian.
Wishing you many more centuries.
Very happy 200th birthday to the Guardian.
My, you look good for 200.
For 200 years, I've been educated, informed and entertained by the Guardian newspaper
and I think you can see that I'm a better man for it.
Two hundred years old!
You don't look a day over 160, darling.
I'm not singing to a newspaper or a building or even the people who work there but what I will
celebrate is the idea that's 200 years old,
which is independent journalism.
I wanted to wish you a very happy 200th birthday
and may I just say and I'm not lying but you don't look a day over 199.
You are such an important, essential newspaper in this country.
I have been reading you for all my adult life.
Growing up in Salford, we had the Manchester Guardian in our house,
so I read you as a kid and I've been reading you ever since.
As a child, it was our family's newspaper.
Since then the paper has accompanied me and my family almost every day, relying on it to
navigate us through the world's ever-changing landscape.
The news source that I trust and look to
every day even when you give me a bad review.
I still forgive you.
For the past 10 years or so
your news site has been the first I open in the morning.
There's no better publication,
I get it on my phone, it's the first thing I read every day.
I've been reading the paper since 1970 ...
and if a day goes by when I haven't read the Guardian, it's as if the day's never happened.
It's my favourite newspaper.
The standard of reporting is fantastic.
If Europe had more Guardians like you,
we would all feel happier and safer.
It is really good to have you.
Obviously I'm interested in the music bit.
I love all the arts pages, particularly dance.
I'd like to thank all of the staff, journalists,
everyone at the Guardian for, well, making me who I am really.
I'm talking about the readers,
the writers, the clerical workers, photographers, janitorial staff, editors, funders, you know, everyone.
I just want to wish everyone a very special 200th birthday.
The newspaper continues to stand as a
bastion of liberal values, essential commentary and journalistic integrity.
Free from control,
driven only by curiosity, not the fear of getting a midnight message from a media mogul or a magnate ...
It starts with m ... that wasn't intentional.
But that kind of pretentious alliteration is missing from
the Guardian's coverage, from their ability to hold the truth up to power, to investigate, to provoke
and to do it free, amazingly.
I've been arrested three times in the past six months
for exposing corruption.
This has made me understand the importance of good journalism.
That is why I'm celebrating the 200 years of the Guardian newspaper.
The Guardian is instrumental in reporting inequality
and I hope they continue to do so.
You were born out of injustice on the
streets of Manchester and you've always been true to your mission of being a voice for human rights,
for compassion, for justice.
The Guardian has a longstanding tradition of journalism
that exposes difficult truths and unearths deep-seated injustices.
This is in the Guardian's DNA.
In an age of increasingly crazy partisan media,
the Guardian maintains a progressive, liberal stance but does not compromise
on accuracy.
And I have to say thank God for it
because when the world needed it in 2013, it was there.
Thank you for holding power accountable
and thank you for all the amazing work you've done
to bring attention to climate catastrophe and to loving our Earth.
You provide probably the deepest,
most analytical and state-of-the-art science journalism on sustainability
in the world.
This is the kind of research and reporting that makes my books possible.
I wouldn't want to count the number of Guardian citations
in This Changes Everything.
And thank you for fostering action on climate change.
We need you, we need you to thrive and survive.
To serve those who want to see the world through progressive lens.
Thank you for showing we are more than disability.
Well, I feel like I owe a lot to this wonderful newspaper
that has incredible integrity but obviously is also very, very delicious.
Thank you for being my daily companion for so many years,
bringing me news, analysis, a lot of joy on theatre and sports and music.
I just want to say thanks for the support you've given me throughout my career.
Thank you from all of us here at Glastonbury.
Thank you Guardian, thank you for the support.
Your support over the years has propelled me as an artist and made me feel seen and heard
and understood.
Thank you for always showing me love.
Thank you for keeping my morals and
conscience in shipshape order insured.
We've had many wild adventures, the Guardian and I,
and I hope, Guardian, that you will last for another 200 years.
Happy birthday to the Guardian, it's been a wonderful 200 years
and here's to the next 200 years.
So ...
happy 200th birthday to the Guardian
from everyone in the WHO family.
I think I send you a chimpanzee greeting:
Happy birthday!
You are the best! May you have another successful 100 years.
This is from Jane Fonda, hi!
Happy birthday.
Here's to another 200 years
of providing an essential service for this country.
My goodness we need you. Good luck.