Was that Liverpool fans booing the national anthem

Those contentious and shocking lyrics in full! The composer of the UK and Commonwealth national anthem is unknown. It was adopted as an anthem in September 1745, during the reign of George II (1727 – 1760). [url]https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/british-national-anthem-lyrics/[/url]

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen!

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter our enemies,
And make them fall!
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all!

Not in this land alone,
But be God’s mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world o’er.

From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O’er her thine arm extend,
For Britain’s sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!

Thy choicest gifts in store,
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign!
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!

Quoted from Hagrid

Always the victims its never their fault

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Quoted from RobDef1

Liverpool fans rightly boo the national anthem in my opinion. The absolute sh!t they've had from the establishment, as a City and a fan base for 40 years is unforgiveable. If you want to understand a little of what they've been through, victimised and secondarily victimised over and over, by the powers that be in this country, then have a read of this journal article

https://www.researchgate.net/p.....th_challenging_power. .

Its absolutely shocking how they've been treated. Even now, the general narrative in the media that has had an effect on the assumptions of most Brits is that Scousers are 'always the victims'. Well, read that and then assess that opinion if it is one you hold.

I’m sure the people of Turin would disagree with this I didn’t bother reading it btw

This board is so funny sometimes. The red cross apparently means 'disagree with this post' so that means two people on the Fishy think I shouldn't have posted them? Haha, I am genuinley laughing about that. I thought the third verse was very interesting, never knew they existed before.

Quoted from BeijingMariner

This board is so funny sometimes. The red cross apparently means 'disagree with this post' so that means two people on the Fishy think I shouldn't have posted them? Haha, I am genuinley laughing about that. I thought the third verse was very interesting, never knew they existed before.

Perhaps we don’t sing the third verse because it doesn’t blow enough smoke up the bottom of the monarchy, rather supports the nation, the people, the population…

Quoted from aldi_01

Perhaps we don’t sing the third verse because it doesn’t blow enough smoke up the bottom of the monarchy, rather supports the nation, the people, the population…

That might well be the case!

It’s like the taking the knee thread but everyone’s swapped sides!

I don't like the national anthem. I'm against the idea of a monarchy (and even if we do have one, the sheer pomp wealth and absurdity of it all is gross) and tbh really doesn't resonant with me or the things I love about the UK.

I've always thought Jerusalem would be a better anthem for England - it actually talks about the beauty of landscape etc (I know it's still very religious but it's traditional so would be rooted in history)

Last time I was at an event with the national anthem I didn't join in nor clap it at the end, but neither did I boo it.

Quoted from Sandford1981

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Facts.

Quoted from Hagrid

Facts.

At best that tag line is tribalistic, classless, insensitive and ignorant. At worst it’s disrespectful to the innocent men, women and kids who died going to a football match.
You don’t like an entire group of people based on your limited experience of them - fine but, to me that line is totally unnecessary.
You are perpetuating rubbish that was built upon words by such luminaries as Boris Johnson and Kelvin MacKenzie. They’re not the kind of people I’d want to be associated with but each to their own I guess.