{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/118469.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":118469,"parliament":{"period":"2015-2017","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2017-05-03T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Change England’s sporting anthem to Ghost town by The Specials","background":"MPs are set to vote on whether or not England should be given its own official national anthem.\r\n\r\nJerusalem is in contention but the lyrics reflect an overtly religious and imperial sentiment.\r\n\r\nWe the signatories believe Ghost Town by The Specials would be a better option.","additional_details":"This town, is coming like a ghost town\r\nAll the clubs have been closed down\r\nThis place, is coming like a ghost town\r\nBands won't play no more\r\ntoo much fighting on the dance floor\r\n\r\nDo you remember the good old days\r\nBefore the ghost town?\r\nWe danced and sang,\r\nAnd the music played inna de boomtown\r\n\r\nThis town, is coming like a ghost town\r\nWhy must the youth fight against themselves?\r\nGovernment leaving the youth on the shelf\r\nThis place, is coming like a ghost town\r\nNo job to be found in this country\r\nCan't go on no more\r\nThe people getting angry\r\n\r\nThis town, is coming like a ghost town\r\nThis town, is coming like a ghost town\r\nThis town, is coming like a ghost town\r\nThis town, is coming like a ghost town ","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2016-01-13T12:45:40.422Z","updated_at":"2017-09-09T06:10:12.714Z","rejected_at":"2016-02-05T17:49:19.133Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2016-01-13T13:48:19.766Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This isn’t something that the UK Government or Parliament would be able to do. There is at present no anthem for England. The use of the present National Anthem is a matter of tradition rather than having any legal or constitutional status.\r\n\r\nYou can find more information about the history and status of the national anthem here:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/NationalAnthem.aspx "},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}