Submitted on Friday 17th June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 21st June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Lets change the National Anthem from God Save The Queen to Jerusalem.
We sing an outdated song as our mational anthem. No longer are we an empire.
Jerusalem describes the chatecteristics of our country, not one person.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This isn’t something that the UK Government or Parliament would be able to do. The use of the present National Anthem is a matter of tradition rather than having any legal or constitutional status.
You can find more information about the history and status of the national anthem here:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/NationalAnthem.aspx
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