Do you sing your national anthem ?

[steward 433]

So if you're not a believer in "any kind of god", why would you sing God Save Our Queen ?

I take it you wouldn't be in favour of any of the hymns then, like : Jerusalem, Swing Low Sweet Chariot or Abide With Me ?

Not really a fan tbh

 

[steward 433]

at a cost of 37 million pounds to the tax payer per year surely the royalist idiots could find someone cheaper to bring the annual sleazy embarrassment and shame to our country !!!

I personally could do without our 'noble' queen

The fact they bring about 40 times that into the economy from tourists who come to the country ??

ALL the royal family pay tax now as well

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I love our country and our Queen and so should anyone who lives in our country. Half-wits may have a problem with the monarchy due to some ridiculous socialist misconception that 'they live off our taxes' etc. They clearly need to f*** right off and live somewhere else because our royal family elevates our great nation and should make everyone proud.

How the f*** can you come out with that rubbish? Our present Royal Family are from German stock & even changed their name to Windsor to maintain their privileged position! I'm as English/British as you are - so if I choose not to blindly sing our shitty anthem, that's up to me.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

My biggest problem with our anthem is that it is slow, boring and droney. Compare that to the French and German anthems that are a lot more lively and upbeat and we really are put to shame.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Whether they are bloodline or not is neither here nor there. Why shouldn't we be different and sing about a leader most other countries in the world are jealous of??

Who cares if it's a long held belief? I can debate anything

Make me shut up at Butters dinner shortarse

P.S. the mrs said Laura can have her wine

of course its here or there...bloodline is the whole foundation of our society. Sorry...who is jealous? the Yanks dont want her, \the chinese dont, the indians dont, the europeans dont, the aussies dont, the canadians dont........erm Oh yes those "loyalists" do....fair enough she can f*** off with her family to live in Belfast. Everyone's a winner

Just cos you were a squaddie ...sheesh


Laura can have my wine too...LOL

 

[steward 433]

of course its here or there...bloodline is the whole foundation of our society. Sorry...who is jealous? the Yanks dont want her, \the chinese dont, the indians dont, the europeans dont, the aussies dont, the canadians dont........erm Oh yes those "loyalists" do....fair enough she can f*** off with her family to live in Belfast. Everyone's a winner

Just cos you were a squaddie ...sheesh


Laura can have my wine too...LOL

Maybe it is because i was a squaddie? Maybe it's the way i was brought up I really don't know

She is gonna be well pissed by the end of the night then

 

[1066familyman]

Just be thankful you're not Greek. Their national anthem has 158 verses

A 158 verses eh ?....Hmmmmm.....now let me think....that's just a dozen more in number than the amount of really entertaining square/back passes their defence made tonight, if my calculations are correct of course ?

 

[REDLAND]

The fact they bring about 40 times that into the economy from tourists who come to the country ??

ALL the royal family pay tax now as well

and you think the tourists would stop coming if the population stopped paying for them and they earnt their own way

 

[Starry]

that bit about anyone who lives in 'our' country should love 'our' queen is absolute bollocks.

am not english, just living here temporarily and have never felt the need to sing 'your' anthem, nor profess my love for your queen and this 'great' nation. i know the chorus bit is god save our gracious queen but that is probably the only line i know. am very much a republican though.

i know both 'our' anthems by heart, one is a little love ditty that is not especially rousing and the other is marginally more rousing.

i wonder about the footballers though - i mean i couldn't care less if they sing their anthem or not, english or otherwise. i just wonder why they don't. not knowing the words, not 'believing' in it all, just can't be arsed, daydreaming about post match food. i wonder how many people know it from start to finish. where is it taught? do they learn it in schools? (not in my kids) in egypt it was the first and last thing we did in school every day.

 

[northstandnorth]

got no problem with the idea of a nobility imposed by force of arms as in william the frog or some henry who killed his first cousin or some geezer who shut his kid relatives in a tower. they earned the right
but this mob invited in from germany have no legitiate right to rule and i have a major problem with "royals" who dont know about the health hazard asssociated with more than 3 units a day


and f***ing chaz who hasn't seen a battlefield yet attends the cenotaph with more medals on his chest than IDI AMIN whilst my own father was denied even a poxy campaign medal for 6 years of war ROYAL naval service including escort duties on the convoys to russia

 

[steward 433]

and you think the tourists would stop coming if the population stopped paying for them and they earnt their own way

Maybe maybe not?

No-one knows and would you risk pulling down Windsor castle, BUCKINGHAM palace etc to find out?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Obviously there is some effect on tourism, you only have to look at changing of the guard, trooping of the colour etc. but they do a sterling job when it comes to charitable functions, fronting the country etc.

I really do not see the problem with them. Do we really want a republic where someone like Tony Blair or Gordon Brown are answerable to no one?

 

[steward 433]

Do we really want a republic where someone like Tony Blair or Gordon Brown are answerable to no one?

Erm NO

 

[REDLAND]

Maybe maybe not?

No-one knows and would you risk pulling down Windsor castle, BUCKINGHAM palace etc to find out?

no, I'd leave the buildings that at the end of the day is what the tourists come to see, I just don't see why the civil list has to cost the country so much when they are more than capable of supporting themselves !!!

 

[steward 433]

no, I'd leave the buildings that at the end of the day is what the tourists come to see, I just don't see why the civil list has to cost the country so much when they are more than capable of supporting themselves !!!

If you look further into it nearly all of them do now

 

[REDLAND]

I really do not see the problem with them. Do we really want a republic where someone like Tony Blair or Gordon Brown are answerable to no one?

they are answerable to George Bush just as much as the monarchy !!!

 

[REDLAND]

If you look further into it nearly all of them do now

maybe BUT they still cost £37 million last year. That buys an awfull lot of child care, social workers and A&E departments !!!

 

[steward 433]

maybe BUT they still cost £37 million last year. That buys an awfull lot of child care, social workers and A&E departments !!!

But they still bring more than that in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most of the rest of the world are jealous of our monarchy

 

[Gwylan]

I've been a republican for 40 years and flatly refuse to sing a verse of GSTQ.

I do however sing lustily along to Mae hen wlad fy nhadau

 

[northstandnorth]

and you think the tourists would stop coming if the population stopped paying for them and they earnt their own way

got a point.

how many tourists go to REPUBLICAN USA to see a king or queen?


and how many BRITISH go to france either

tourists coming to england because of the queen you are having a laugh.

it is a bit like deluded fools who believe the world wants to learn to speak english.

they dont,they want to learn how to speak american. because that is the language of hollywood MTV and pop music.the true imperative to learn the language