Now NuLabour Wants to Have a NuNational Anthem!
Can’t this meddlesome government leave anything alone? Is nothing ‘sacred’ to them? Our politicians don’t do what they should be doing; so they do what they shouldn’t be doing instead! This is a sure sign of incompetence at the top!

DAVID BATTY’S GUARDIAN NEWSBLOG: Last week the government confirmed it was open to redesigning the union flag, and now it's looking at overhauling the national anthem. Clearly nothing is sacred in Gordon Brown's ongoing quest to establish a vision.

Apparently the problem with God Save the Queen is that some of its lyrics are not "inclusive", says the former attorney general Lord Goldsmith, who is leading a citizenship review for the prime minister.
"Some people have suggested we might think about whether there are different words that might be put in place which would be more inclusive," he told Sky News today. Should we save God Save the Queen? >>>

Lyrics: God Save the Queen

Mark Alexander

Welsh Dragon Call for Union Flag
The Welsh Dragon, the flag of Wales, courtesy of the BBC
Tinker with the Union Jack at your peril! Now it’s Wales, soon it will be Islam! Leave well alone!

BBC: The Union Jack should be combined with the Welsh flag, according to an MP who wants the change to be made to reflect Wales's status within the UK.

In a Commons debate, Wrexham's Labour MP Ian Lucas said Wales' Red Dragon should be added to the Union Jack's red, white and blue pattern.

He said the Union Jack currently only represented the other three UK nations. But Stewart Jackson, Conservative MP for Peterborough, said the plan was "eccentric" and would be unpopular.

"I do not believe it would add to the unity of the country," he said. >>

Mark Alexander