The issue of virtue signaling has come up at the BBC as it goes through a period of change under new rules. Rule Britannia! and "Land of Hope and Glory" are now reinstated in television programming. Prime minister Boris Johnson says "it is crazy for us to go around trying to censor it." Saying that "people love our history and our traditions with all its imperfections. It is absolutely absurd."
Land of Hope and Glory is written by Edward Elgar, has the lines -
"By freedom gained, by truth maintained/ Thine Empire shall be strong."
Earlier decisions have come under strong criticism in Britain.
There is a sense that countries are better off recalling and affirming their history and traditions during the pandemic, so that people can have faith and hope for the future.
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