The older I get the more i despise our national anthem

‘Britons awake’ and ‘The empire too we can depend on you’ living in the past again I’m afraid. With all the talented songwriters, musicians and poets etc in this country I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to commission someone/s to create an anthem with lyrics that aren’t offensive and a nice upbeat catchy tune

 

Fk sake ST. Are you serious? Your govt wants to try and hold the UK together.
Doubt that would go down well in Scotland Wales or N Ireland.
Be great if it did happen then we would all be off.
Just shows how blinkered you are or just totally ignorant of the make up of to the broken UK

 

Out of interest why doctor think it's disrespectful to Scotland?

 

Hmm A song which glorifies England and ignores the other equal members of the uk.
Can’t believe you can’t see that. Then again maybe you do but don’t give a hoot.

 

What's wrong with Britons awake?

I took the empire to refer to the commonwealth but it could quite easily be changed to "the commonwealth too" or even "our allies too, we can depend on you" which is a good message

 

Considering we are talking about what the ENGLISH football team sings at ENGLISH football matches then no I dont particularly mind if it ignores our rivals. On Friday night when you lot lined up to get your arses handed to you I didn't notice you lot singing 3 lions

 

And quite fkn right. Horrible song

 

But you want the England national anthem to be about Scotland right?

 

Hey ST I canna believe you are upset over me complaining about you suggestion. I reread the thread and you want us to sing there will always be an England.
Do you not realise this would be just so not right

 

Don’t be so fkn stupid

 

I've asked you already why are you offended by the idea of the English national anthem not being about Scotland but you don't want the Scottish one to be about England?

 

Ok so I'll ask again. What's so offensive to you as a Scottish person about my suggestion for the English national anthem?

 

I’m not offended by English anthem not being about Scotland. Of course it shouldn’t.
But England doesn’t have an anthem you use the uk one.

 

There's no law saying that has to remain is there? Why do you think you should have your own but it's offensive to you for us to have our own?

The England national football team should sing an English song about England for me or you and Wales should sing god save the king

 

I answered you in the first paragraph and as for the second I give up.
Im at a loss with you.
Every uk country should each have an anthem and there should be on for the uk. But not gstk because it mentions slaying the Scots.

 

Absolutely no idea why you're pissing your pants.

 

Isn't this literally what ST is saying should change?

He hasn't mentioned the UK anthem, just that we should have a different one for England...

FWIW I think we should have a UK anthem that isn't the current one and England should have its own song for football. Makes no sense whatsoever not to.

 

I just commented on the words you used. It’s about England, not other countries in the UK, Great Britain. We just need a new English Anthem to be sang at events where England is being represented. BTW I always refer to myself as British, so I’m not being a little Englander here. Just to repeat my point though, there really is no reason why a new Modern anthem can’t be commissioned with all the talent we have in this country.

 

Get Andrew Lloyd Weber to compose 4 anthems, one for each country, then they'd all sound exactly the same ..... all the same notes .... but not necessarily in the same order.

 

I vow to thee my country. Words by Cecil Spring Rice and music by Gustav Holst.

I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above
entire and whole and perfect, the service of my love;
the love that asks no question, the love that stands the test,
that lays upon the altar the dearest and the best;
the love that never falters, the love that pays the price,
the love that makes undaunted the final sacrifice.