Boris Johnson waded into the Swing Low Sweet Chariot race row this afternoon, declaring it should not be banned ‘because no-one knows the words’. The PM admitted he did not know all the lyrics to the rugby anthem and called for those complaining to explain what they were. Instead he he wanted people to stop … Read more
Trevor Phillips slammed the RFU plan to ban the song. Pictured here in 2017 A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has slammed plans to ban ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – describing it as ‘Black people’s own culture being cancelled’. Trevor Phillips, 66, condemned the Rugby Football Union for reviewing the popular sporting … Read more
REVEALED: England rugby fans could be BANNED from singing the iconic ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ song because it originated among slaves in America 150 years ago The RFU are conducting a review into how rugby can end institutional racism ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ was first sung by a slave in America in the 1860s It … Read more