Striking a tone both weary and incredulous, he said: “I wish I was joking. Meanwhile the LBC host James O’Brien played the song on his show on Wednesday while standing ironically to attention. “Leaving aside the significant concern that this all seems very Hitler Youth, why on earth are you encouraging singing in schools during a global pandemic when cases are rising in schools?” one asked Williamson on Twitter. Comments have ranged from “brainwashing” and “stomach-churning”, to “hyper-creepy”.Įven the usually flag-waving Daily Express struck a sceptical note on Wednesday, reporting that some parents have threatened to boycott the event and to take their children out of school in protest. Some have suggested alternative patriotic anthems, including the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen or Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2. There have been inevitable comparisons with the Hitler Youth and with the school song sung by millions of young East German communist pioneers: “Uns’re Heimat”, or “Our homeland”.
All hail the Dear Leader and the Strong Britain, Great Nation! /ctE6frBX9d- Matt Mason: Author of Salmonweird.
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