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‘Time we stopped our cringing embarrassment’: Boris Johnson urges Rule Britannia rethink – Sydney Morning Herald
The decision to withdraw the anthem song from the Last Night of the Proms has touched off an almighty clash that may test the public’s patience with contemporary reassessments of Britain’s history.
However, executives also wrestled with whether the lyrics are out of step with the Black Lives Matter movement. The chorus, “Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves”, has attracted the most ire given Britain’s naval history and wealth derived from selling Africans on the transatlantic slave market.
Cat Lewis, the executive producer of the BBC’s Songs of Praise, even tweeted: “Do those Brits who believe it’s ok to sing an 18th-century song about ne…
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