Michael Rosen

We are Britain

Words by Michael Rosen Illustration by Dan Berry

The Department for Education has circulated a new anthem that it wanted schools to sing on 25 June. By the time it got to Michael Rosen, the words seemed to have changed… unless it was him who changed them?

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We are Britain And we have one dream To disunite people in the same team

Verse 1

Our nation survived through many storms and wars We’ve opened our doors, and widened our island’s shores But if you look closely, you’ll see how we start to divide and rule, keeping people apart

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We are Britain And we have one dream To disunite people until they scream

Verse 2

So many different people, standing in one nation but not much fun, if you’re the Windrush generation While the House of Commons committee on education pits people against people suffering deprivation

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We are the Government We could be comedians so we think you won’t notice we cut pupil premiums

Outro Strong Britain, Great Nation Stirring up Britain, Misinformation Wrong Britain, Repatriation So long, Britain, Disintegra-a-tion