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Time for an English National Anthem?
The Welsh have an official national anthem, and the Scots sing Flower of Scotland at football and rugby matches, but the English are stuck with the the anthem for the United Kingdom.
At the Commonwealth Games, Jerusalem will be played for English medal winners.
Should that be extended to England Football and Rugby matches, or should it stay as it is?
http://news.bbc.co.uk...politics/10407937.stm
At the Commonwealth Games, Jerusalem will be played for English medal winners.
Should that be extended to England Football and Rugby matches, or should it stay as it is?
http://news.bbc.co.uk...politics/10407937.stm
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Orcadian Oil, what additional "authority" do you imagine I require other then the plain historical fact that the blessed thing was written specifically for the coronation of a BRITISH king? What do you suppose the line about "wider still and wider" refers to, other than the hoped-for expansion of the BRITISH empire? He wasn't just the ENGLISH king and it wasn't the ENGLISH empire.
And I'll leave it at that.
And I'll leave it at that.
Quizmonster,
Stop wriggling - the hole you've dug for yourself can only get deeper. England alone, for example, have used it as their anthem at the Commonwealth Games, never Scotland or Wales.
And as for Northern Ireland, founded of course well after this anthem was composed, I suppose the likes of you would preach that they ought to embrace it as well? The day and hour that we ever hear it sung in Britain outside England will never arrive, simply because it is quintessentially "English".
Stop wriggling - the hole you've dug for yourself can only get deeper. England alone, for example, have used it as their anthem at the Commonwealth Games, never Scotland or Wales.
And as for Northern Ireland, founded of course well after this anthem was composed, I suppose the likes of you would preach that they ought to embrace it as well? The day and hour that we ever hear it sung in Britain outside England will never arrive, simply because it is quintessentially "English".
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