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Rule Britannia – a much disputed part of British history
KEITH FLETT explores some little known aspects of the patriotic song
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AFTER something of a media and social media furore – largely confected as a culture war by the right, it might be suggested – the BBC has determined that Rule Britannia will be played at the Last Night of the Proms this year but without the words. Apparently the words will be back next year.
This suggests that the BBC is still on the page of thinking that Black Lives Matter is a moment not a movement.
Objections to the song came not just because of the words but also because of the nationalistic context it is now sung in.
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