Student, 19, is banned from Aberdeen University's union for two weeks for 'discrimination' after saying 'Rule Britannia' during a debate on the British Army

UK Daily Mail ^ | March 18, 2021 | Luke May

[C19fan]

A university student has been banned from Aberdeen University's union for two weeks after saying 'Rule Britannia' during a debate on the British Army

Elizabeth Heverin, 19, received the ban after quoting the historic anthem prompted another student to complain.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Miss Heverin said: 'It feels like I’ve been prosecuted for the crime of being patriotic, it’s scary to think where freedom of speech at the university will go from here.'

[ml/nj]

Rule Britannia at the "Last Night at the Proms"

ML/NJ

[Bigg Red]

Mark

[Verginius Rufus]

There is a university in Aberdeen, South Dakota. I doubt you would get in trouble there for saying “Rule, Britannia.” You would probably just encounter blank stares. Another reason why it is good that we won our independence from Great Britain.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Thanks for posting that link! Wonderful. Always a favorite tradition of the last night of the Proms! Notice that of the tens of thousands of people enjoying the festivities there aren't any mudslums, and that's the way real Britons prefer it.

[silverleaf]

Love that song

[Slyfox]

I am presently studying the history of the Scottish universities between 1400 to 1800. The Scott's were known to be such good debaters that no one on the Continent wanted to tangle with them.

Now they are woosies?

[IrishBrigade]

‘It’s not confined to the university.’

just look around at the sheeple wearing completely useless masks, and rethink the meaning of the term ‘freedoms...’

[JimRed]

'Rule Britannia'

Used to be followed by "Britannia rules the waves"...now it's more like Britannia waives the rule"!

[dfwgator]

Oh, that’s good!

[Deaf Smith]

At least he did not call out; “Rule 303”.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

This happened in Scotland, which is misruled by the SNP which despises the UK and just passed a hate crime bill that utterly trashed freedom of expression. Fortunately, England is governed by the Tories, and they are passing a bill that strengthens freedom of speech on campus and will require universities to respect dissenting opinions that are not woke.

[Rebelbase]

Words never to be spoken again by a British politician:

“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender”