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BBC NEWSNIGHT CLOSES PROGRAMME WITH SEX PISTOLS' GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

BBC Newsnight Closes Programme With Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen
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BBC NEWSNIGHT CLOSES PROGRAMME WITH SEX PISTOLS' GOD SAVE THE QUEEN


Written by Dont Panic
04 Friday 04th November 2016

 

Tory MP Andrew Rosindell has tabled a parliamentary motion that BBC One should play the national anthem when the day's programmes are over, a practice which was abandoned in 1997 but should be brought back because everything from the past is better obviously. BBC Newsnight sort of granted his request by finishing off the show with Sex Pistols' God Save The Queen, a tune which the broadcaster allegedly prevented hitting number one in the charts in 1977...

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