God Save The Queen

To tell the truth, I’m not a particularly patriotic person, I’m also not particularly proud of our Monarchy, but that’s not to say that I want them all beheaded and their wealth redistributed to the Country, not at all. I’m happy that they do an excellent job as figureheads for Great Britain. They pull in the tourists, act as unofficial Good Will ambassadors to other countries and most of all, they make the Americans green with jealousy. So personally, I’m very happy to keep our current National Anthem, if God exists, which I’m seriously not sure about, he/she/it has been doing a pretty good job of saving our queen so far, long may he/she/it continue. In ...  Read the complete review

Change the words by all means, but leave the music alone. It is only a durge because it is so badly aranged and played by military bands. It is much more suited to an orchestral rendition.
Rule Britannia and Land of hope and Glory are far too long winded and are connected with Imperial ambitions long unattainable.
If we must change, how about Bad Times Are Just Around The Corner by Noel Coward!

Being a strong supporter of the Monachy I do not find any problems with the sentiments expressed in the National Anthem but it is such a boring tune with repetative words. In fact it is a bit of a durge. There are however one or two other contenders for the Anthem which seem to arouse the spirits. Rule Brittania is of course so outdated, as we no longer rule anything, let alone the waves. But one that I would personally like to see replace our existing anthem is Land of Hope and Glory. The tune is good the sentiments expressed are good and the song certainly seems to raise the spirits of those singing it much more than our existing ...  Read the complete review

Ok, now to start with this debate I should mention that I am first and foremost Welsh, so I already have a national anthem that I love and would never want to change. Having said that I am also British and do therefore like the national anthem of God Save the Queen. Why should we keep it? First and foremost it has been the anthem for many a year now and out of tradition we should keep it. I am also quite a fan of the queen, I think that over the years she has been an excellent stateswoman for this country, has no doubt helped in developing relationships with other countries, and through that also brought in wealth to this country. I ...  Read the complete review

Anyone in England, Britain, or wherever that knows anything about history will know that the monachy and so called Great Britian (the Empire) are the biggest bunch of lying cheating murderers that ever have been in existence. Dont give me that 'proud to be British or English' B--S--. The British crown and government has drenched the world in blood in order to gain more wealth, have duped the soldiers that have gone to war for them all in the name of keep the rich more rich. They are screwing Iraq, have srewed numerous countries, throughout history have committed acts of terrorism upon Ireland for centuries. They were the worlds first terrorists, and drug dealers (two ...  Read the complete review