[WillowTheWhisp]

I find it rather amusing that the National Anthem for the United Kingdom should contain the words "Rebellious Scots to crush."

I don't particularly like it. Most of the time it is played or sung so wearily that it sounds more like a funeral dirge than a national anthem.

If this country ever becomes a republic I suppose we will have to have a new national anthem then and not before time in my opinion. Meanwhile I agree with Tinks we could do with an English anthem so we can celebrate being English as much as the Welsh Scots and Irish celebrate being Welsh Scottish and Irish.