Basildon Coder

I don’t tend to go in for flag-waving patriotism a great deal. Whilst I think the armed forces deserve our respect and our thanks, I tend to find The Sun’s “Our Boys” rhetoric twee and jingoistic. Whilst I enjoy watching England play football (and anyone who’s watched them recently will know that’s not a statement to be taken lightly), the sound of Wembley stadium belting out God Save The Queen leaves me cold, and I can normally be found in the kitchen making a cuppa or opening another bottle of Bombardier during the last few minutes before kick-off.

So imagine my surprise when I finally got round to watching this week’s Top Gear last night and found myself with goosebumps at the end of Hammond’s F1 segment, where the Renault engineers hook the car up to a laptop and get the engine to belt out the national anthem.

So, what the hell has to be wrong with someone to be unmoved by 80,000 fans singing, but filled with national pride when a bloody car does it? The engine isn’t even English, it’s French!

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