Petition calls on the BBC to stop “erasing history” and reinstate canceled Proms songs

The BBC has taken a controversial decision to drop Rule, Britannia! And Land of Hope and Glory from its “Proms” program. The BBC Proms is an eight-week set of orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, mostly at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Over 40,000 online have already signed a petition asking the BBC to reinstate the songs, which many fear have been dropped in today’s cancel culture world for alleged cultural sensitivities and ties to colonialism.