The National Anthem.
 

I have wondered this and not come up with an answer so I am asking you lot.

Why is it that We "English" play God save the Queen at sporting events which is the British National Anthem but the Scots, Welsh and Irish play their own independent Anthem? Why does England not have its own Anthem?

That would be because the Welsh, Scots and Irish have good upbeat anthems and the English one (sorry - British) sounds like we should be attending a funeral.

Time for a change I think. :)

The sooner the better. :)

Don't we use Land of Hope and Glory sometimes?

I've never heard that sung.

That's just as dull as God Save The Queen.

Anthem for Great Britain should be 'Jerusalem', FFS everyone seems to have something better than the current dirge.

Do you watch or listen to the commonwealth games?

isnt the Queen the Queen of ENGLAND...?!

....and canada and Australia.........................and plenty of others too

And the British Virgin Islands :D

Must remember to go there sometime :D

jerusalem :thumb:

Agadoo.

Who cares? 47-13 :norty: :thumb:

KARL!! :mad:

Crazy chick you wouldn't happen to be Welsh by any chance would you :D

Whatever gave you that idea? :D

im aware of her sovreignty over the commonwealth nations/british dependencies, but as one of her titles is Queen of England, is it not appropriate for 'God save the Queen' to be our national anthem...?!

do people just want to change it because its not cool...???

diluting heritage again anyone...?!

Then they'll be moaning in the next breath that our English traditions are being ruined by immigrants. :rolleyes:

LOL

England maybe, "Great Britain"..... most certainly not....

Great Britain should be renamed England anyway,to stop people in the provinces getting ideas above their station.

:lol1:

I suppose it would stop the "ignorant" English making rather embarrassing mistakes too ;)

lol

Other great ideas for those other bits of 'Little Britain'

rename Scotland 'Nickynackynooshire' and make them all speak English instead of that sh1te they speak now

Wales will be known as 'a prison' and we send all the chavs there, blow up the bridges and build a fecking great wall better than Hadrian did. Supplies of sheep grade condoms and bags of flower to be dropped by helicopter, preferably on the heads of anyone visible on fly past.

Ireland, give it back to the Irish, we don't want it anyway.

and Jerusalem will be the anthem for all.........

Yep. They sang that at the Six Nations England v Wales on saturday.

I reckon it was this part of your profile that gave it a way!

"In the depths of dispair"

You had to be either Welsh or Scottish :D :D :D

:lol1: :thumb:

LOL

I think you managed to prove my point there :)

I expect it will have to change soon anyway to something more muti cultural.........

Cross between what we have now, what you hear in an indian resturaunt, an eastern european march and a bit of asia thrown in for good measures. :D

Gary

Thing is the british national anthem these days would be some immigrant waling from the minaret, rather than something of british pride.