Yesterday, MSPs were asked to consider formally adopting Flower of Scotland as the national anthem when they were presented with a petition arguing that doing so would unite the country. But far from ...

The playing of national anthems before international football matches is a time-honoured a tradition. For a final time before the kick-off and the ushering in of the blood, sweat, tears and passion, ...

O Flower of Scotland certainly gets the blood rushing at Hampden ...

SCOTLAND’s unofficial national anthem – Flower of Scotland – is “maximum Scottish cringe” and should be replaced, Tory MSP Russell Findlay has said. In 2023, former Labour first minister Jack ...

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has described the lyrics to Flower of Scotland as “maximum Scottish cringe” and called on the country ...

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has described the lyrics to Flower of Scotland as “maximum Scottish cringe” and called on the country to “think about coming up with something a bit better”.

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Russell Findlay backed calls to replace the anthem ...