Corbyn is an atheist republican. God Save the Queen is a no-win for him from the point of view of the media.
When I attend church services I don't join in the prayers, nor do I bow my head. I lower my eyes, stand still and keep schtum. Am I being disrespectful? Would it not be far more disrespectful for me to stand there murmuring words I dislike in worship of a deity I don't believe in?
Easy target, but perspective is good. I'd love not to have the anthem centred around the Queen and God, but rather the nation and country, alongside changing the tune to one that isn't shared with the Imperial German anthem and doesn't sound more like dirge than a rousing expression of national pride, but it is what it is.
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It's a pathetic lack of respect and those who don't show respect don't deserve it.
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As for sportsmen not singing it, they aren't leaders of a major political party. Neither are they potentially/possibly going to be leader of the country who's anthem they refused to sing.
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As I said, a no win. Had he sung it he'd have been called a hypocrite.
To be fair, though, the man could cure cancer, bring world peace, prosperity and a utopian life to all and certain people would still take a pop.