Piers Morgan Clashes With Guest During Heated National Anthem Debate | Good Morning Britain

I think that if this is part of the conservative rebrand to attract to the young it's deeply deeply embarrassing people don't want is embarrassing to sing the national anthem I'm saying that imposing the national anthem top down in educational spaces is embarrassing no no it's been to be why it's embarrassing to sing our national I didn't say that I said I said that as a policy suggestion is deeply American America every school child learns how to sing it in France and Manuel mackerel is a big move now to bring in the kids singing in schools why should British children in British schools not be encouraged to sing the British national anthem and in America we've seen a wave of protests at the national anthem colin kaepernick for instance taking a knee because it's got nothing to do with singing the national anthem what you're doing very skillfully if I may say so is your completely water battery on this you're refusing to talk about the anthem itself in America Colin Kaepernick who is a black football player he made a protest about institutional racism in America you can't make false claims Colin captain I didn't make a false claim Colin Kaepernick has never made any suggestion is wrong to sing the national anthem right so I come back to my question what is wrong or embarrassing about singing the national anthem in our school I said as a policy proposal it's deeply embarrassing embarrassing because it fails to address the real material strains that our schools are that's about other issues to do with the cause of Education I come back to me bring in the MP who's behind this so Anjou Rosendale like I said I've lived in whites in America a lot right I lied she liked the fact that everyone in America sings the anthem including Colin Kaepernick right I like the fact they do that it does give them a sense of national identity I like the fact of French I'm planning to bring this in today what their work schedule and I don't like the fact that somehow singing of a national anthem in this country has now become something that we should be embarrassed by I agree with you the truth is that British values are taught in schools our history our heritage our Constitution our monarchy all these things are things we should be really proud of and young people need to understand why Britain is such a great country but I'm afraid the politically correct left to the example here downgrades and diminishes everything that's British you can't fly the flag you can't sing the national anthem which was an interesting one actually is that if this is introduced as a distraction from actually what's happening in the schools that we are we try to sideline on to other issues of course there are lots of important things that need to be addressed in education in our schools but it doesn't cost a single penny for every school once a week for the children to stand together in a unified spirit to sing the anthem that represents our entire country it represents everybody regardless of religion or politics or background we are because we have a God and a head of state whatever the God made maybe this is a unifying force we don't understand what the quality of education in schools has to do with the principle of singing the anthem they are completely different issues I'm saying address the fact that one in six the debate here is not about education standards in our schools it's the debate that we're having is about a move in France to have the national anthem sung in schools by every school child which is what they do in America and the debate we asked you to come in for it's not about our education system it's about why young children in this country should not be encouraged to sing what is your position about the monarchy au anti-monarchy I have no problem with them as private citizens apart from Prince Michael of Kent he doesn't really do don't think that it's a modern instance if I may say this is the problem we have a politically correct far left in our country that actually doesn't like Braille and commerce I want decreased recreation of all of our traditions of our heritage they denigrate it is it the case you're not going to be made to sing the national anthem for two hours a week because that seems quite a long time once a whites in assembly that's what is wrong with those like a big one like the fascist era Southgate the New England football manager makes the team sing the anthem throughout history we see politicians telling - very cheap nationalism well they are out of ideas to address material I'm sorry you can't there is nothing cheap or nationalistic about singing a feels ride in my country and by the way that's not an ugly thing I don't embarrassing to feel but doesn't make a young assistant power makes me somebody proud of my nation we gotta leave we have to leave the debate there but I don't blame you for using the opportunity to put your political points across you

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Length: 5min 40sec (340 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 17 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/TiberiusHecktor]

god id hate to be in a situation where kids all pledge to the flag and junk every day. It's so cringey.

[u/IFeelRomantic]

25 seconds in and Piers makes me want to punch something already. "Explain to me why it's embarrassing to sing the National Anthem?!" when she didn't say anything of the sort, just that it would be embarrassing to make our children learn it as a compulsory thing.

Not even a minute in and he's accusing her of whataboutery seconds after he was saying "In America and France they're taught the National Anthem in schools though!" You're an absolute cunt, Piers.

[u/MrMoonUK]

I love my country but I’m not singing for God to save a self-serving anti-Christian monarch

[u/forgotusername8]

Because religion & the monarchy done so much for education of poor working class children, clue - they didn't, the church of England resisted early attempts for the state to provide secular education.