Submitted on Wednesday 9th May 2018
Rejected on Wednesday 16th May 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Allow the English to have a referendum on their own national anthem.
The English by-and-large want to change their national anthem for many reasons, one of which is simple in that it does not speak of or invoke a sense of English nationhood.
With demand this high, we should at least have a right to a democratic say in what our anthem should be.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100615152120/http://www.weareengland.org/news.asp?itemid=327&itemTitle=England+announce+victory+anthem+for+Delhi+chosen+by+the+public%21§ion=115§ionTitle=News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35296296
Toby Perkins' bill was voted in favour of, yet hasn't received a second reading. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/13/mps-debate-replacing-god-save-the-queen-england-anthem
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
As you know, there isn't an official English anthem at the moment.
We're not sure whether you'd like a referendum to decide whether there should be an official anthem for England, or whether you'd like a referendum to choose a specific song to be the anthem.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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