Apparently the BBC has decided Rule Britannia is colonialist and its lyrics are not be be sung at the last night of the proms.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...tannia-bbc-proms-would-erase-history-culture/
The BBC seems ever more divorced from real people.
The is apparently an on-line petition protesting the Beeb's decision, but I can't currently find it on the government's petitions website.
What a bunch of *******....
Wordsmith
ETA - this is the petition:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...tannia-bbc-proms-would-erase-history-culture/
The BBC has defied the Government by announcing that Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory will not be sung at this year’s Last Night of the Proms. Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary, had warned the BBC not to “erase history” by dropping the songs amid a row over colonialism, while Boris Johnson had told the corporation it was a mistake to target the “symbols” rather than the “substance” of such issues. But the BBC ignored them, effectively censoring the traditional anthems by choosing to play orchestral versions only, with no soloist singing the lyrics. With no audience because of coronavirus restrictions, there will be no-one to sing along to them either.
The BBC seems ever more divorced from real people.
The is apparently an on-line petition protesting the Beeb's decision, but I can't currently find it on the government's petitions website.
What a bunch of *******....
Wordsmith
ETA - this is the petition:
79,202 people signed and won this petition
Save "Rule Britannia" and "Land of Hope and Glory" from Last Night of the Proms exclusion
www.change.org