{"id":121091,"date":"2023-11-12T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T14:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121091"},"modified":"2023-11-12T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T14:09:20","slug":"snps-flynn-slammed-for-not-singing-national-anthem-at-remembrance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/politics\/snps-flynn-slammed-for-not-singing-national-anthem-at-remembrance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"SNP’s Flynn slammed for not singing national anthem at Remembrance service"},"content":{"rendered":"
Stephen Flynn has come under criticism after he did not sing the national anthem at the Remembrance Sunday service.<\/p>\n
The SNP’s Westminster leader was seen standing silently as God Save the King was sung during the moving ceremony commemorating the nation’s war dead at the Cenotaph in London today.<\/p>\n
Scottish Conservative deputy leader Meghan Gallagher insisted Mr Flynn, who was among senior politicians attending the service led by the King, should have taken part in the national anthem.<\/p>\n
Ms Gallacher said: \u201cStephen Flynn is entitled to his republican views, but as Westminster leader of the SNP he has a duty to show respect to our head of state and to all nations and anthems.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy apparently refusing to join in with the national anthem, especially at a service to honour those who gave their lives for this country, he has fallen shamefully short of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> King Charles leads Remembrance Sunday at Cenotaph as Anne takes special role<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr Flynn’s silence during the national anthem was also criticised by a number of people on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n The SNP’s Westminster leader later said it was a “humbling experience” to attend the ceremony<\/p>\n He wrote on X: “A humbling experience to be present at the Cenotaph today for Remembrance Sunday, and to lay a wreath on behalf of the SNP and Plaid Cymru.<\/p>\n “As ever, I was thinking of my late grandad and the sacrifices his generation made during WW2 to protect our freedoms. Lest we forget.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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