It’s not just about Thatcher
From what I can gather from Scouse mates, also:
* Anti-monarchy, anti-royalist sentiment (historically many Irish immigrants/people with Irish heritage in Liverpool)
* Association of royalty with the establishment - Tories epitome of establishment
* Strong history of socialism (particularly the more Trot variety) in Liverpool (and historically with the football club) - committed socialists (as in the ones to the far left of the current Labour Party) are generally republicans
Personally I wouldn’t boo the anthem, but I wouldn’t sing it either for a variety of reasons (I don’t believe in the monarchy, it’s a dirge etc). If they want to boo it, fair enough - free speech/free expression and all that. The whole culture war thing is tiresome in the extreme - zealots on both sides need to ignore the constant attempts to inflame it by those who seek to divide us and focus on the real issues (and there are sadly plenty of those)
Posted By: Sellbydave on May 18th 2022 at 20:52:54
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- Independent columnist Tony Evans on 5Live this morning. (Other Football) - AvengingCanary, May 18, 08:41:15
- I blame the woke people. Them or immigrants or poor people (n/m) (Other Football) - ChampsChamps2023, May 18, 17:58:39
- Evans is one of the most thin-skinned Liverpool obsessives I've ever come across. (Other Football) - lurd, May 18, 09:14:03
- Yeah he is very myopic where they're concerned, but 8 suppose papers (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 18, 09:23:21
- Yeah it did seem abit weird that it was mentioned, any football fan (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 18, 08:56:28
- I didn’t know (Other Football) - Old Git, May 18, 09:00:28
- The 'managed decline' of the city in the 80's is a big factor. (n/m) (Other Football) - tudders, May 18, 10:59:33
- Thatcher's policies for them not voting tory,and of course (Other Football) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 18, 09:06:10
- Why would you boo the National Anthem because you didn’t like a prime minister (Other Football) - Old Git, May 18, 09:10:37
- It’s not just about Thatcher (Other Football) - Sellbydave, May 18, 20:52:54
- because you're extremely stupid, would be my guess (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, May 18, 10:57:12
- Maybe singing it is stupid. (Other Football) - norwaay, May 18, 11:01:16
- Thatcher’s dead? (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, May 18, 09:18:00
- Nope, alive & kicking (Other Football) - CWC, May 18, 09:28:11
- Tony Evans describes himself as a Scouse Separatist (Other Football) - jamesward, May 18, 09:14:54
- Why would you boo the National Anthem because you didn’t like a prime minister (Other Football) - Old Git, May 18, 09:10:37
- I didn’t know (Other Football) - Old Git, May 18, 09:00:28
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