Rejected petition Change the British National Anthem to Paradise Lost by Steps

There's no question - Buzz was by far Steps' best studio album to date. But hidden beneath all the hits (Better The Devil, Summer Of Love, Here and Now etc) is Paradise Lost, a song that deserves much more recognition than it gets.. and what better way than by making it our national anthem?

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This isn’t something that the UK Government or Parliament would be able to do. The use of the present National Anthem is a matter of tradition rather than having any legal or constitutional status.

You can find more information about the history and status of the national anthem here:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/NationalAnthem.aspx

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Date submitted 18 March 2017
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