Rule Brittania

To sing or not to sing that is the question.

The issue of the words to Rule Brittania and Land of Hope and Glory came up again recently.

Both glorify the British empire and rule Brittania is said to be a dark reminder of slavery.

There is some question over how offensive they really are, but the creative decision had been taken to play the music without the words.

This was said to be a non-political decision.

However, now the decision has been taken to bring the words back.

Presumably this decision is the final one, but it all seems a bit trivial when people are still being killed by police seemingly because of the colour of their skin.

Though I suspect the fight over Rule Brittania is set to continue.