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| Subject: Insider slams BBC's bungled decision to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia but NOT sing the words on Last Night of the Proms following calls to scrap historic songs because they are 'racist propaganda' Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:56 pm | |
| A BBC insider has slammed the corporation's bungled decision to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia without lyrics at the last Night of the Proms following a racism row.
A source told The Times the BBC's handling of the programme at times felt like 'white guys in a panic' trying to appease the Black Lives Matter movement because of the songs apparent links to colonialism and slavery.
The BBC last night said 'new orchestral versions' of the hugely popular anthems would feature in the rousing finale of its concert next month.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8657909/Academics-demand-Rule-Britannia-Land-Hope-Glory-BANNED-Night-Proms.html |
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