The Conservative MP for Shrewsbury & Atcham, Daniel Kazywazykinkywinky, has proposed an Early Day Motion to support Jerusalem as Englands national anthem.

The CEP are urging everyone to write to their MP’s asking them to support EDM 2791.

My email (which my MP will thank me for but refuse to support because he’s a unionist and England’s existence is a threat to the union) is as follows:

Dear David,

Can I draw your attention to Daniel K’s EDM 2791 asking the house to promote Jerusalem as England’s national anthem?

Playing the British national anthem as England’s national anthem is offensive to English people who are tired of the (often deliberate) conflation of England and Britain, it is offensive to the Scots and Welsh who see it as English people taking the British national anthem from them and it is damaging to England’s national and international identity.

The Scots and Welsh have their own national anthems which are played at official events, sporting fixtures, etc. Only England is denied its own national anthem.

There have been a number of polls on the subject, all of which show overwhelming support for Jerusalem as our national anthem. You may recall that during the Commonwealth Games, Land of Hope and Glory – a British royal anthem – was played for England. The English athletes stood there in bewildered silence through the song, which plainly (and quite understandably) meant nothing to them. The Scots and Welsh, on the other hand, belted out their national anthem with pride.

It is time England was allowed a national anthem. Will you support the Early Day Motion? If not, why not?

Yours sincerely,

Stuart