One of the more whimsical things that gets thrown out by anti-monarchists at times of national celebration, such as the Commonwealth Games, is their wistful remembrance of that summer of 1977, the year of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, when the Sex Pistols released their anarchist’s anthem ‘God Save The Queen’. This is still fondly remembered by British pseudo-republicans as a raging protest against royal wealth and privilege, and is often referred to today as if it were still relevant. These republicans will allow their eyes to mist over as they fondly recall what a great revolutionary Johnny Rotten was. What they tend to overlook is that the spitting, swearing insurrectionist of 1977 now lives the life of a country squire, and trousers a very tidy living out of, amongst other things, making television commercials for butter. Nice work if you can get it. In 2011, the Queen allowed some previously private letters, from her mother to be released. One of them included a touching note, dated 1942, to her daughter, the then Princess Elizabeth. It began “This is just a little note advising you of one or two things in case your father and I get done in by the Germans. Let’s hope this won’t be needed but we know you will always do the right thing for the people”. At the time these letters were released, John Lydon (he’s now dropped the ‘Rotten’ said of the Queen: “She’s a great monarch, a really ballsy lady”. Amazing, isn’t it, how making a lot of money can mellow even the most ardent ‘anarchist.’ Anyone for God Save the Queen? In 1977, republicans were predicting the imminent downfall of the Royal Family, to be brought about by Punk. Thirty seven years on, Sid Vicious is dead. Malcolm McLaren is dead. Johnny Rotten has sold out to the lure of the filthy lucre, and Vivienne Westwood, or, to use her full title, Dame Vivienne Westwood, has inserted herself almost seamlessly into the Establishment she once so despised. And amidst all this, despite the turmoil that has gone on around her in all those years, Queen Elizabeth II is still the monarch of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. And she'll still be the Head of State for Scotland, should they choose independence. Like it or not, fellas..... whichever way you vote, she will still be YOUR Queen, too.
May I suggest you buy a copy of The Great Rock and Roll Swindle. Jonny Rotten , ardent anarchist ! Wit a hoot that one is. I'll be voting Yes. Wee Betty and her family don't have anything to do with my reasons for doing so. Fact is I don't care a jot whether an independent Scotland keeps the monarchy or not. What independence will do will give the Scottish people the chance to chose for themselves . So you may well find that she gets her jotters some time in the future up here. Either way she and her troop are an irrelevance.
The Sex Pistols were ****. A manufactured and manipulated band created by the ****stain that was Malcolm McLaren, who thankfully is brown bread. John Lydon always has been and always will be a bell end.
