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BBC reinstates Rule Britannia! singalong after backlash

by Associated Press
| September 2, 2020 7:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — The BBC on Wednesday reversed its controversial decision to scrap the lyrics of two patriotic songs during its annual end-of-summer concert, saying it had found a way around the problem a day after its new director-general took office.

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