Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for 10 years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
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It feels big here, especially with the new tradition of playing each winner's national anthem to a crowded room. But there is a scandal brewing over Kabbaj's ceremony: as he ascended the platform, the organisers played - quite by accident, they claim - God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols. Eighty per cent of the watching Brits laughed, 19.5% made complaints to the management and one called the police claiming racial abuse.
The Pistols' song would make a fine and always appropriate national anthem (assuming a national anthem is needed).
Most things with "national" in the title makes me bristle; national anthem, national pride, national front...they all appeal to people's worst and lowest instincts.
July 5, 2009 10:39 PM | permalink
Good article that. Though I suspect CP Scott would be unamused....