Piers Morgan

Another way to look at that is that's he got the dough, and has decided that sick kids aren't worthy of the money unless people sing a song dedicated to a woman that they may also consider that they owe no allegiance to. 

Since they're all on lottery funding, it'd make more sense if they sang a song to Dale Winton.

 

If someone believes they are non British that much well then do not compete for Britain or receive the funding from the UK Sports Council. 

 

 

If people believed in an independent Scotland or Wales etc they would not be playing for the UK or Team GB or whatever they want to call it. 

 

Murray is a perfect example. He is a scottish nationalist when it suits him but plays for the Uk when it suits him too and it suits his pocket. He was told to zip his mouth over shouting against England a few years ago.  

 

The best thing that could happen the Scottish Indpendence movement is that FIFA make all 4 countries play as 1 (its not going to happen as they control the board) but it would be one way of guaranteeing a yes vote in the Indpendence referendum. 

 

I know, it was his sponsors that told him to zip his mouth over that harmless comment.  

 

 

I never said he cam out and claimed he was fully in favour. 

 

That is the point. Its the people who are riding two horses at the same time. 

 

If you are British and playing for the Uk sing the song. 

What if you are English, in favour of a Union. atheist and republican? Or any combination thereof. It is a strange national anthem. I would find it difficult to pledge allegiance to our anthem if it was anathema to my beliefs. Also in the Scots case they have to enter as a united 'team GB'(tm). They have to respect it. I can actually understand where Morgan's comments about Hoy are coming from, if he is willing to bow before Lizzie and take the title then he may as well sing it, but what difference does it make?

I will say this whole Team GB(tm) bullsh*t fest is coming at a very coincidental time in relation to the Scottish independence question and no doubt the strength of unity, many Scots have won medals in team events, will be bandied about by the Unionist argument.

 

Its a consitutional monarchy and most British people seem happy enough with that, not that they are asked about it really. 

 

If you believe in the UK and you believe in a Constitutional Monarchy its the anthem for you. 

 

Is England a country, I don't believe it is. 

The country is the UK.

no thats pierce brosnan ffs

achtung surrender

Piers Morgan is from an Irish background.

Morgan was actually born Piers O’Meara to a father who hailed from Co. Offaly. 

ye but that doesnt make him irish, hes british