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I saw one of the side points was children should be singing the national anthem in school assemblies. This got me thinking about the national anthem more generally. I think the time has come to change it.
"God save our Queen". The premise being twofold. One, that we believe in God. Two, that we agree with the monarchy.
According to latest data*, more than half of the UK don't associate with a religion and this number is reported to be as low as 1% amongst 18-24 year-olds.
A similar pattern of decline is happening in relation to the monarchy**. Support for the monarchy amongst the 65+ is 84%, whereas amongst 18-24 year-olds it is down to 42%.
I don't believe the solution to this is to try and indoctrinate children by introducing the national anthem in schooling. Rather, to use this decline in both areas as a catalyst to change our national anthem to something more reflective of our societies values and making it more future-proof. Something that celebrates the nation, rather than archaic and increasingly irrelevant institutions.
Carrying on from the Flag Thread... on 14:39 - Apr 5 by Nthsuffolkblue
It is, however, a fair comment that there are far worse systems. The fact that the Queen has very little real influence and no real power is valid. However, were the monarchy to go, what would it be replaced with? If it is nothing and we were left with the current system, very little would change. However, there is potential for it to be something more sinister.
As for the best places to live; how many are in the EU and how many have a government that is socialist and our press would probably describe as communist?
Then go with nothing, I'd say that's preferable to continuing to perpetuate an outdated and deeply classist institution like the monarchy.
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