PM says Rule, Britannia! should be sung at Last Night of the Proms as he criticises ‘self-recrimination and wetness’
Boris Johnson has said the UK should stop “our cringing embarrassment about our history” and sing Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms, as BBC insiders fear the broadcaster is being dragged into a divisive culture war issue designed to undermine it.
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