AdvertisementEmotional Britons have revealed how they sang along with rousing renditions of Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia while watching the Last Night of the Proms yesterday evening. 'I cannot believe... that the BBC is saying that they will not sing the words of Land of Hope And Glory or Rule Britannia! Rule Britannia, a poem by Scottish playwright James Thomson, was set to music by English composer Thomas Arne in 1740. And Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage tweeted: 'So the BBC may drop Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory from The Proms because the Finnish conductor is too woke. Susan Hall, the leader of the Conservatives in the Greater London Authority, said: 'Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory are favourites for millions of us.

Source: Daily Mail September 13, 2020 07:41 UTC