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With the football World Cup approaching, England manager Roy Hodgson is insisting that his players sing the national anthem before each game. We asked a number of democracy experts to share their views on Hodgson’s rule. In the first of two posts...

Theyve had 25 No1 singles (more than Elvis) and 19 No1 albums (more than The Beatles), had their first hit in 1967 and their latest this year theyre the Guardians World Cup national anthem review panel! The committed World Cup viewer, determined to...

Every four years, as England prepares to kick off yet another doomed attempt at the World Cup, the English bask in a few beautiful moments of false hope as their team link arms and belt out a stirring rendition of God Save the Queen. But now, according...

MPs are debating whether England should have an official national anthem. At present, when English teams line up at international sporting events, they sing the British national anthem 'God Save the Queen', but should they have one of their own? There...

UNITED KINGDOM –In the United Kingdom, “God Save the Queen” (or king, depending upon the current monarch) has been considered the national anthem since the early 19th century. It is used for the combined kingdom by custom only and for England alone when...