tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post4725586745789189810..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: An English anthem for an England teamTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-90445256876584513732010-02-07T21:52:47.327+00:002010-02-07T21:52:47.327+00:00'Is anybody seriously against this?'...
Y...'Is anybody seriously against this?'...<br /><br />Yep. Lots of people. For a start, all the Establishment, Brown, Cameron and Clegg are against it. <br /><br />When David Lammy was in the (English) Culture Ministry, I wrote to him asking (as he was a Culture Minister for England) to endorse the call for an English National Anthem he wrote back to me and basically rubbished the whole idea in favour of keeping it Brit' focused and GStheQ. I have written to every single Minister for (English) Sport since 1997 asking whether they supported an English Parliament of not.... Needless to say, they were all against. Imagine, Ministers for English sport suppressing a perfectly legitimate expression of English national pride..<br /><br />Similar rebuttals have come from the FA, RFU, RFL, English Commonwealth Council, etc, etc....<br /><br />They are all under orders, never to promote any expression of national English pride. The English Commonwealth Team continue to use Land of Hope and Glory even though it is a song about British imperialism and expansion ('wider still and wider' refers to the taking of lands in Africa). How pathetic that they would rather sing an imperialistic Brit' song about conquest - and think that was preferable to an expressly English song of national celebration.. <br /><br />It's a total joke.Alfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135869751268396259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-4164344108851151402010-02-07T11:49:58.880+00:002010-02-07T11:49:58.880+00:00Yes to an English anthem but far more desperately ...Yes to an English anthem but far more desperately England needs its parliament back.<br /><br />And I hope I live to see an independent England.Wyrdtimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640021224868439090noreply@blogger.com