Two of Team GB ladies’ football team, Kim Little and Ifeoma Dieke, both
Scottish, did not join in the singing of the National Anthem, “God save the
Queen” because it is the 'English' National Anthem. Wrong! The whole problem is that England do not have a National Anthem and the aforementioned "God save the Queen" is the anthem of the United Kingdom. Since Scotland has ‘Flower of Scotland’,
Wales ‘Land of my Fathers’ and Northern Ireland ‘A Londonderry Air’, why not
give England ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ as its national song.
As for Kim and Ifeoma, a better reason for not
joining in the singing would have been the words of verse 6 (which for some
reason are now rarely used).
May he
sedition hush
And like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush
God save the King
Why do
we call it the United Kingdom?
And like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush
God save the King
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