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Quite bloody right too!! Cannae agree with this nationalistic nonsense,In the Olympics they are representing Britain and like it or not thats the GB national anthem.If they feel that strongly nationalistic surely they should say "no thanks" I'm not representing GB. Different story if it were in the Commonwealth games or any event they were representing Wales/Scotland/Ireland when i would agree with there stance. As for Wee Eck's Scolympians!!

Quite bloody right too!! Cannae agree with this nationalistic nonsense,In the Olympics they are representing Britain and like it or not thats the GB national anthem.If they feel that strongly nationalistic surely they should say "no thanks" I'm not representing GB. Different story if it were in the Commonwealth games or any event they were representing Wales/Scotland/Ireland when i would agree with there stance. As for Wee Eck's Scolympians!! That'll be why they dropped this verse then. Lord, grant that Marshal Wade, May by thy mighty aid, Victory bring. May he sedition hush, and like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush, God save the King. They didn't "drop" any verse, there's no "official" version just a traditional anonymous version which became an anthem of the union of Great Britain. In modern times only the first 2 verses ever get sung and the sentiments at the time of writing were not "anti Scots" but anti "rebellious Scots" when it was relevant. The point i was trying to make though is the hypocrisy of those who are "proud" to be representing GB but refuse to participate in the national anthem of the country they are representing.If you don't believe in the union fair enough, but why accept the invitation to represent Great Britain then partake in political posturing to show how nationalistic you are. edited to add, there was nothing about crushing rebellious Welshmen!

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Loved all the Welshmen zipping their lips whilst God Save the Queen was being sung !!

Are you Butcher in disguise ?

Pleased to say I'd no idea Charlie. I didn't realise that you could buy the Sun in Inverness.

Yeah - they have great difficulty with that one - it comes out more like "solly" Surely no reason for years of hostility though!