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Favourite national anthem?

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posted on 11/7/21

comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 13 minutes ago
On the plus side sm helps kids form opinions of their own as opposed to being told what to think by their parents and teachers.

On the down side most of these opinions are from influencers on who should win love island.

Seriously, even kids hear about the monarchy and their first thought is wtf rather than doffing their caps.
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Yeah, if used positively it could be a great tool. Unfortunately it’s usually the polar opposite.

posted on 11/7/21

I love the idea of having a national anthem that expresses my pride in my Englishness and the place I was born, just not that one, it's too specific to things I don't buy into

posted on 11/7/21

You can love your country just like you can love a football club. Some people support it blindly, the club could charge them tonnes for a very mediocre product while wealthy owners pocket the money and they'd still unquestionably lap it all up. Others expect better from their club and voice their concerns.

It's not unpatriotic to think/hope/want your own country to do better, whether it's something as seemingly trivial as national anthems to more important things like education, foreign policy or something else like sports.

If anything it's far more patriotic to not have blind faith and love for everything, to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state

posted on 11/7/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 5 minutes ago
I love the idea of having a national anthem that expresses my pride in my Englishness and the place I was born, just not that one, it's too specific to things I don't buy into
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Obviously it was created in completely different times. Maybe we do need to come up with something more up to date, but I just dread to think what it would end up being.

I’m fine with it as it is, I just don’t think too much about the words, it’s has the ability to be rousing if there’s a stadium full of fans singing it.

posted on 11/7/21

I like the English, russian and dutch anthem most.

posted on 11/7/21

comment by Sharteta (U19684)
posted 1 minute ago
You can love your country just like you can love a football club. Some people support it blindly, the club could charge them tonnes for a very mediocre product while wealthy owners pocket the money and they'd still unquestionably lap it all up. Others expect better from their club and voice their concerns.

It's not unpatriotic to think/hope/want your own country to do better, whether it's something as seemingly trivial as national anthems to more important things like education, foreign policy or something else like sports.

If anything it's far more patriotic to not have blind faith and love for everything, to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Now you’re just making things up. No one here has suggested blind faith at all.

posted on 11/7/21

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posted on 11/7/21

What about this one?

A Place Called England - The Young 'Uns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtPndIJ2Jqk

posted on 11/7/21

Instead of asking a non existent God to "save" Frau Saxe-Coborg-Gotha I would rather have You will never walk alone

comment by Carter (U18826)

posted on 11/7/21

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
This should be sung before tonight's game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDoKeAZC1Q
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Lets have this one instead, it has a nice cockney singalong at the start then a great Marr and Joyce intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubgWMwSD0k

posted on 11/7/21

comment by Nichanto (U14419)
posted 6 minutes ago
Instead of asking a non existent God to "save" Frau Saxe-Coborg-Gotha I would rather have You will never walk alone
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I would emigrate if that happened

posted on 11/7/21

comment by Carter (U18826)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
This should be sung before tonight's game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDoKeAZC1Q
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Lets have this one instead, it has a nice cockney singalong at the start then a great Marr and Joyce intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubgWMwSD0k
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Can't have The Smiths. Morrisey's association with the EDL/Britain first mob have soured anything he's ever done for me. I suppose it's back the discussion about whether you can separate the art from the artist.

posted on 11/7/21

comment by RB&W - Always a Legacy (U21434)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Nichanto (U14419)
posted 6 minutes ago
Instead of asking a non existent God to "save" Frau Saxe-Coborg-Gotha I would rather have You will never walk alone
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I would emigrate if that happened
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posted on 11/7/21

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posted on 11/7/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 52 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 6 minutes ago
Let me guess, the posters who hate our national anthem are Labour voting Remainers who are also republicans?
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Maybe they're just people with an opinion that they're discussing that don't want to get into the tired old gammon vs woke name-calling?
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I just think it’s a dull piece of music really, when compared to the likes of Italy and France.

posted on 11/7/21

to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?

posted on 11/7/21

comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
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You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?

posted on 11/7/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 15 minutes ago
comment by Carter (U18826)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
This should be sung before tonight's game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDoKeAZC1Q
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Lets have this one instead, it has a nice cockney singalong at the start then a great Marr and Joyce intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubgWMwSD0k
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Can't have The Smiths. Morrisey's association with the EDL/Britain first mob have soured anything he's ever done for me. I suppose it's back the discussion about whether you can separate the art from the artist.
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That’s the difference, I may not agree with celebs with regards to politics be it Brexit, BLM and what party they support but it wouldn’t stop me buying their Album or watching a film they were in. The left aren’t like that, they want anyone who disagrees with them cancelled.

posted on 11/7/21

comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
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You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?
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Feck me, I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve seen you turn a thread political. You use any excuse to have a pop at Boris, the Tories and Brexit.

posted on 11/7/21

comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
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You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?
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Feck me, I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve seen you turn a thread political. You use any excuse to have a pop at Boris, the Tories and Brexit.
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Excuses aren’t needed. All 3 are complete clusterfooks

posted on 11/7/21

comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
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You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?
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Feck me, I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve seen you turn a thread political. You use any excuse to have a pop at Boris, the Tories and Brexit.
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Not true. I join in those discussions and offer my opinions, as you should, but I wouldn't try and turn a rational discussion about the national anthem into an argument about the EU. That's just weird.

posted on 11/7/21

comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
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Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?
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Feck me, I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve seen you turn a thread political. You use any excuse to have a pop at Boris, the Tories and Brexit.
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Excuses aren’t needed. All 3 are complete clusterfooks
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Talking of clusterfooks,we could have had this as home secretary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7lDWgwpOE

posted on 11/7/21

comment by Colemanballs-جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي (U22246)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feck me, I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve seen you turn a thread political. You use any excuse to have a pop at Boris, the Tories and Brexit.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Excuses aren’t needed. All 3 are complete clusterfooks
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Talking of clusterfooks,we could have had this as home secretary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7lDWgwpOE
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What’s this, a Tory supporter engaging in whataboutery? This is new and unheard of

posted on 11/7/21

comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 30 seconds ago
comment by Colemanballs-جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي (U22246)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man Says Every Single One Of Us Loves Alex Ferguson (U1270)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by clapfreesince2003 (U22207)
posted 1 minute ago
to not be a lapdog who'll be happy licking the arris of whomever sits on top of a failing state
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Are you referring to Remainers and their love of the EU?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You're desperate to give yourself a platform on this aren't you?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Feck me, I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve seen you turn a thread political. You use any excuse to have a pop at Boris, the Tories and Brexit.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Excuses aren’t needed. All 3 are complete clusterfooks
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Talking of clusterfooks,we could have had this as home secretary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7lDWgwpOE
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What’s this, a Tory supporter engaging in whataboutery? This is new and unheard of

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I am not a Tory supporter,I've said that enough times,I do hate what Labour has become though,that is true.

Diane Abbott the only person in the World that the Covid viruses are afraid of.

posted on 11/7/21

“ I am not a Tory supporter,”

The amount of people that say this and then go on to spend hours crying about criticism of the Tory’s. It’s almost as if you’re ashamed to admit it.

It’s the new ‘I’m not racist but……’

I’m not Tory but will defend them to the hilt for some reason.

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