Englanders you have been asked by the authoritiesto sing La Marseillaise before match tomorrow by FA

How they going to learn this in a day or 2

La Marseillaise became the rallying call in the French Revolution, the only war that the French can claim to have won....although as it was France v France they stood a realistic chance of victory.

This is a meaningless gesture and should be resisted,its a cover for doing nothing.

After the Hebdo shootings the French came out holding hands and holding candles and that was it,the only thing these craven French did was stop Marine Le Pen attending.

No mention of stopping the current invasion.

Watching these craven politicians bursting into song at the drop of a hat to cover up their inactivity was nauseating.

oops! enemy should of course read friend

Think he was closer the first time.
The relationship between France and America has been an unusual one to say the least.
There have been many periods in history where the general feeling towards the yanks have been hostile with them getting attacked in the streets and American businesses attacked.
These have been punctuated with the occasional acceptance of Americanism like the first Atlantic crossing by plane.

Going to be pretty uncomfortable viewing I expect.
How many do you think will be able to do it by tonight?

I think it will more likely be clapping from the fans

Or Lady Marmalade

Bit much asking the English sing along
You think there hold back the water cannon next summer

Words to the French national anthem 'La Marseillaise':

Allons, enfants de la Patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous, de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras
Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes!

Aux armes, citoyens!
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!


English translation:

Arise, children of the Fatherland
The day of glory has arrived
Against us tyranny's
Bloody banner is raised
Do you hear, in the countryside
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They're coming right into your arms
To cut the throats of your sons, your women!

To arms, citizens!
Form your battalions
Let's march, let's march
Let an impure blood
Water our furrows!

yesterday's session in parliament was almost comical as politician after politician stood 'to say to the French people only this' (I shall say dis honely vonce) then proceeded to give some french in an english accent. They all seemed to have one they'd been practicing all weekend in an attempt to get theirs into a soundbite.

You know that when a politician does it, it's just cringeworthy.

But - and I doubt it will happen on the mass scale they envisage - I think there's something vaguely noble and open-hearted about a bunch of English football fans attempting 'La Marseillaise' (not getting sniffy about it here; I'd be a bloody embarrassment if I tried it)

I believe the people would have done something symbolic anyway.
Im a little disappointed tbh that attempts have been made to orchestrate a reaction, it should have been a decision for the people to make, interfering in that strips away the sentiment

There's a good number of French people who work for the same company as me. They are all really nice people!
They are one of our closest neighbourinos after all!

showing Emmanuelle clips half-time

Nobody who is English or French should sing either national anthem. Our politicians and many of our fellow citizens are trying to destroy us, to sing the anthem, either one, would be an act of treachery.

To clarify, I don`t believe the English should sing the English, or French anthem. And also the Frech should not sing the Marseillaise or the British anthem.

free EU flags available at all turnstiles tonight and don't forget to hum along to Ode an die Freude

It was kind of tictacman to post the words of la Marseillaise for those who don't know them.
Unfortunately there is already an anglicised version in the form of a rugby song which many will already know. Perhaps the authorities are unaware of this. Could be embarrassing.

PM now going