{"id":6016,"date":"2015-09-17T16:17:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2015-09-17T16:17:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T15:17:41","slug":"corbyn-under-fire-for-not-singing-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/corbyn-under-fire-for-not-singing-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Corbyn under fire for not singing national anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Labour\"<\/a>The new leader of Britain\u2019s opposition Labor Party faced heavy criticism on Wednesday for remaining silent while the national anthem was sung at a religious service to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany\u2019s air attacks on Britain.
\nThe front pages of Britain\u2019s mainly right-leaning press carried pictures of left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, an anti-war campaigner and anti-monarchist, standing silently as those around him sang \u201cGod Save The Queen\u201d during the service at St Paul\u2019s Cathedral.
\nHeadlines included \u201cCorbyn snubs Queen and Country\u201d and \u201cNot save the Queen.\u201d
\nThe decision by Corbyn, who was elected on Saturday with strong backing from his party\u2019s members but has less support among Labor lawmakers, was criticized both by members of the armed forces and by some within his party.
\n\u201cIt will have offended and hurt people,\u201d Kate Green, a Labor lawmaker and member of Corbyn\u2019s policy team, told BBC Radio on Wednesday.
\nAsked if he should have sung the anthem, she said: \u201cI think it would have been appropriate and right and respectful of people\u2019s feelings to have done so.\u201d
\nLabor said Corbyn\u2019s attendance at the service on Tuesday to mark the battle between the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe in 1940 had shown his respect for those who fought.
\n\u201cThe heroism of the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain is something to which we all owe an enormous debt of gratitude,\u201d the party said in a statement. \u201cHe stood in respectful silence during the anthem.\u201d
\nStarting out as a rank outsider who struggled to get on the Labour leadership contest ballot paper, Corbyn rode a wave of grassroots enthusiasm to emerge as the shock winner, but his rise has divided Labor.
\nSome, particularly in the party establishment, fear he will repel voters with radical policies that include unilateral nuclear disarmament, nationalisation and wealth taxes.
\nHis first few days have been characterised as chaotic by the media, with the party appearing unclear about what its position is on key issues such as Britain\u2019s membership of the European Union. Corbyn also came under fire for not appointing any women to the top few jobs in his team.
\nThe Labor leader will face Prime Minister David Cameron for the first time in parliament on Wednesday during the head of government\u2019s weekly question session. In a novel approach, he has asked members of the public to send in suggestions for what he should ask Cameron.<\/p>\n

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