The description that the United Kingdom sided with Spain at the Eurocopa: “No one sings his anthem!”

A former Northern Irish MP and former member of Parliamenthandjob Lord John Taylor Killclooney, after pointing out that football players have been mocked Spain at the party eurocup against Italy He didn’t sing his national anthem, even though the anthem didn’t have lyrics. The Briton did not fall for the question and commented Twitter Tuesday night where he compared the Italian players and the silent Spanish team.

“It’s amazing that all the members of the Italian team sang their national anthem while all the members of the Spanish team were completely silent. Nobody sang the Spanish anthem!” Killclooney wrote. A few minutes later, he corrected: “Bosnia”; kosovo; san marino; And in Spain there are no lyrics to their national anthem. This makes their hymns less catchy! This caused a lot of comments.

the same Gary Lineker He responded: “Mother of God”; Along with the publication with ’emoji’ of laughter. Anonymous users also reacted negatively. “Unbelievable ignorance of Lord John. It’s unbelievable that you said this without any knowledge or even 30-second verification, especially since you say you thought this might be the answer. If you really had, you would have investigated it. Insincere and thoughtless.” One of them explained.

Royal March, officially known as Spanish Royal March, is the anthem of Spain, regulated by a Royal Decree since 1997, and contains no lyrics, only melody. The Northern Irishman was widely criticized in his country for the ignorance shown in his statement.

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