Rule Britannia

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7071

Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason has said Rule, Britannia! "makes people feel uncomfortable" and should not be sung at the Last Night of the Proms.
What’s the U.K. coming to, we can’t even sing our own songs now ?

billinghampoolie1908 · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:52 pm **Posts:** 4375

Jamie1952 wrote:

Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason has said Rule, Britannia! "makes people feel uncomfortable" and should not be sung at the Last Night of the Proms.
What’s the U.K. coming to, we can’t even sing our own songs now ?

Sod him

Critical Thinking · **Joined:** Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:50 am **Posts:** 2309

He played at the wedding of Harry & Meghan so surely a bit of a royalist so don't understand his stance - by the way got an OBE for that performance!

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18928

billinghampoolie1908 wrote:

Jamie1952 wrote:

Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason has said Rule, Britannia! "makes people feel uncomfortable" and should not be sung at the Last Night of the Proms.
What’s the U.K. coming to, we can’t even sing our own songs now ?

Sod him

he can do one and he is not forced to attend the event in the first place. makes people feel uncomfortable what a load of tripe. not over keen on it myself but its only a tune with words like many others i like, dislike or totally neutral about. just cannot these people get their brains into gear and find out when it was written and why. i feel uncomfortable that there are people around in this country who feel as they are about the place and cannot shut their mouths knocking a bloody song. next thing is they,ll stop our goal music when we score to protect the mental health of our visiting fans.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18928

Critical Thinking wrote:

He played at the wedding of Harry & Meghan so surely a bit of a royalist so don't understand his stance - by the way got an OBE for that performance!

stop it my blood pressure will be off the scale shortly.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36396

Never heard of him…and as for his Woketopian Whingefest….he can put it where the monkey puts his nuts…as far up as possible preferably.

Grayhoundend · **Joined:** Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:13 pm **Posts:** 6675

Great Britain, Chinese try to stop music at railway station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36396

Grayhoundend wrote:

Great Britain, Chinese try to stop music at railway station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65iwnI2hjAA

That Chinese bloke must have still thought he was in China.

billygoatblue · **Joined:** Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:30 am **Posts:** 606

Who exactly is finding this offensive, most people probably only listen to it at most once a year. Apparently its a dog whistle to racists (most of them attend the proms for a bit of jingoism). Absolute nonsense, he needs to read some history books. When Britain ruled the waves, we used that power to enforce the abolition of slavery.

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3457

Critical Thinking wrote:

He played at the wedding of Harry & Meghan so surely a bit of a royalist so don't understand his stance - by the way got an OBE for that performance!

ffs. say no more..

Sussex UK · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2016 10:34 pm **Posts:** 3457

There must be a committee that sits every day to pick bones with UK history,old novels,films etc!! ffs..venue a North London Labour stronghold.?

PTID · **Joined:** Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:07 pm **Posts:** 3926

It's only played at a very small number of events, if he doesn't like it stay the f*ck away. The majority who attend the proms at the Royal Albert Hall and via live streams all over the country love it.
What's wrong with a bit of patriotism anyway? Imagine telling Germans their National Anthem is not woke and should be banned.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36396

These people don’t see their own sniffy pomposity, if they don’t like it …tough.
This is the world you live in .

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 18928

PTID wrote:

It's only played at a very small number of events, if he doesn't like it stay the f*ck away. The majority who attend the proms at the Royal Albert Hall and via live streams all over the country love it.
What's wrong with a bit of patriotism anyway? Imagine telling Germans their National Anthem is not woke and should be banned.

patriotism is for all and not just for us whities.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36396

accrington fan wrote:

PTID wrote:

It's only played at a very small number of events, if he doesn't like it stay the f*ck away. The majority who attend the proms at the Royal Albert Hall and via live streams all over the country love it.
What's wrong with a bit of patriotism anyway? Imagine telling Germans their National Anthem is not woke and should be banned.

patriotism is for all and not just for us whities.

You’re expecting a lot there Mr A, mores the pity.

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