Time for a new Anthem?

Published: June 7, 2014, 8:54 a.m.

b"Don sent the following...\\nThere has been a lot of moaning about the National Anthem being sung by the England football team\\u2026.it has been said that it is only a song aimed at the Queen and not England, Personally I couldn\\u2019t care less\\u2026I think the song is so bland and boring it\\u2019s time for a new one.It\\u2019s supposed to be a NATIONAL anthem but only England seem to sing it\\u2026the Welsh and the Scots sing their own tunes\\u2026..definitely time to have a nice lively anthem\\u2026Don's available for the job\\u2026.\\n \\nThe UK Education Minister, Mr Gove, is taking a bit of stick since he came out with the idea of scrubbing certain GCSE\\u2019s \\u2026 regarding them as a waste of time and of no value\\u2026for example media studies and manufacturing studies and drama\\u2026etc\\u2026I must admit I have to agree with him\\u2026it\\u2019s all very well having \\u201cqualifications\\u201d but if they are of no use in the real world what is the point?...he is also in the limelight regarding extreme religious factions taking over schools\\u2026I think this is hyped up by the media\\u2026I can\\u2019t see it being a problem that can\\u2019t be solved.\\n \\nThis is classic\\u2026.it has been announced by our wonderful weather people in the met office that there will be very serious constant flooding in 2100 \\u2026. They can\\u2019t predict ONE DAY ahead correctly so I don\\u2019t think we need to worry too much\\u2026.mind you I wont need to worry at all\\u2026..and on the subject of the media\\u2026it\\u2019s time they stopped catering for the minority\\u2026.how many of us in this country are interested in goings on in China and hours spent on American prisoners being swapped for terrorists \\u2026and Italian economy\\u2026etc\\u2026WE DON\\u2019T CARE\\u2026tell us what\\u2019s going on HERE!!!....the BBC News is so BORING and depressing because they seem to think they appeal to the more \\u201cintelligent\\u201d\\u2026they DON\\u2019T\\u2026they are BORING\\u2026hence I\\u2019ve switched to ITV where you get a bit of variety in the news.\\n \\nThe TV has been giving a bit of publicity to our historic ferry boats\\u2026.the IRIS and the Daffodil played a major part in the first world war by getting troops to Zebrugge against the might of the German navy\\u2026they came back full of bullet holes\\u2026repaired and put back into service\\u2026gaining the word \\u201cRoyal\\u201d in front of their names\\u2026great stuff\\u2026also a collection of Dakota planes have made a flight across the channel in memory of their part in the second world war\\u2026and I had the privilege of having a flight on one several years ago with Monty Lister\\u2026and I have the certificate to prove it\\u2026wasn\\u2019t too comfortable.\\n \\nI\\u2019d like to tell you the story behind Track 1 of my Doowop Days album\\u2026\\u2026\\u201dLove At First Sight\\u201d\\u2026.the album took me 6 months to complete and can be obtained from my website......www.donwoods.co.uk"