In 1997, BBC 1 ended a tradition of playing God Save the Queen on close of transmission. In 2016, a pro-Brexit Tory MP sought to have the tradition reinstated. A BBC 2 program responded by closing with the Sex Pistols’ version.
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
A potential H bomb
God save the queen
She’s not a human being
and There’s no future
And England’s dreaming
On 31 January 2020, the UK’s membership of the EU ended. John Lydon aka Johny Rotten was born 66 years earlier, 31 January 1956.