Kmflett's Blog

The discussion about Rule Britannia and the Last Night of the Proms continues

As Joseph Harker argues while it is largely a culture war type argument confected by the right to distract from rather more fundamental points that doesnt mean that the left can just ignore it. Below is a 2020 version, not Rule but Cruel Britannia

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/02/rule-britannia-black-lives-matter-last-night-of-the-proms-races-britain?CMP=share_btn_tw

Cruel Britannia by Rip Bulkeley

Full words at: https://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/3477-cruel-britannia

Cruel Britannia,
This song shall be your grave.
No more victims seek, and no more slaves.
Cruel Britannia,
This song shall be your grave.
No more victims seek, and no more slaves!