Defund the BEEB!
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Apparently, the BBC, being woke, ditched the lyrics from "Land of Hope and Glory" and "Rule, Britannia!" from the proms.
LAURENCE Fox today urged BBC viewers to cancel their licence fees after the Beeb ditched lyrics from two Last Night of the Proms songs.
BBC luvvies sparked uproar on Monday by saying they would scrap the words from Land of Hope and Glory and Rule, Britannia! at the annual event.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12489411/bbc-ban-words-land-of-hope-and-glory-proms/
Kehinde Andrews, a black studies professor at Birmingham City University, said the line "Britons never, never, never shall be slaves" from Rule Britannia is racist propaganda dating back to the British Empire.
Organisers said they were concerned about the lyrics along with their links.
TV choirmaster Gareth Malone, told The Times that he supported removing Rule Britannia lyrics in solidarity with black and Irish members of his choirs who had refused to sing it in previous years.
He said: “If people want to sing about the subjugation and enslavement of other nations, I don’t think that should be given a platform in 2020.”
His view was shared by Chi-Chi Nwanoku, founder of the Chineke! Foundation, which supports ethnic minority musicians.
She told The Guardian: “The lyrics are just so offensive."
The annual Royal Albert Hall concert, beamed around the world, traditionally ends with the flag-waving anthems.
