FlipBoardIn the midst of Prime Minister Teresa May’s ongoing legal battle with the United Kingdom’s High Court over how to proceed with the so-called “Brexit,” a conservative politician made a rather patriotic demand on the BBC. Andrew Rosindell, a conservative member of Parliament representing the Romford constituency in Greater London, suggested the state-run television broadcaster — specifically its flagship BBC One station — end every single night of programming with a rousing rendition of the national anthem, “God Save the Queen.”
He even tweeted about it:
BBC One never heeded Rosendell’s request, but the nightly news program BBC Newsnight did. (Sort of.) For as Digital Spy and several other outlets in the U.K. and elsewhere revealed, Newsnight anchor Kirsty Wark obliged Rosindell on Friday by playing a song titled “God Save the Queen.” Unfortunately for the Tory MP, the version Wark ended her program with was none other than The Sex Pistols‘ 1977 punk rock anthem, “God Save the Queen.”
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singing god save the queen wont fix the problems with brexit. i hear americans complain about their political but i gotta say at least you guys have the heart to admit theres a problem. our boat has a hole in it and the people just want to sing a nice jingle about it.
I am still baffled at the sheer idiocy that was Brexit. I could understand wanting to exist the EU by having a solid detailed long term plan on how to do it. But this? This was just so bafflingly stupidly handled. I can’t believe so many Englishment were dumn enough to fall for it. I hope Scotland and Northern Ireland ditch them
As someone living in the UK who supports Brexit, i agree with your comments about not having a plan in place, however, we needed to leave the EU, and other than big money arguing the case on their behalf, i’ve yet to hear a reasonable argument how the UK benefits by remaining. Scotland will wait to see how things pan out before they vote for a third time to leave. You shouldn’t hope for the disparity of the UK but you should for the EU. We don’t need or want a global government. over us where we have absolutley no say in our own country.
If there is one thing the Sex Pistols always stood for, it was unelected multinational bureaucracies overseeing all government policy. So punk!