The Weekend of Anthems And Drugs..

It really is a weekend for accepting new anthems isn't it? First the Italians get around to replacing their "temporary" National Anthem, which was roughly 50 years up till Thursday when it became the official National Anthem. Now The Labour party has today, at its Conference accepted "The Red Flag" as its Anthem. Coincidently this is the same conference where a motion was brought forward to legalise Cannabis......erm maybe not the best idea guys.

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abour votes for 'The Red Flag' as its new anthem
The Labour Party has voted to accept the song known as "The Red Flag" as its new anthem.

The global socialist ballad was written by Jim Connell who was born in Kilskyre, Co Meath, in 1852.

It is sung every year at the British Labour Party Conference.

The vote to adopt the song was taken today at Labour's conference in Wexford

Source: Breaking News.ie


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Labour delegates call to legalise cannabis

Delegates at Labour's 62nd annual conference will make calls for the legalisation of cannabis and marijuana at the event in Wexford today.

The move is backed by the party's chief whip, Emmett Stagg.

Party Leader Eamon Gilmore will his give keynote address later tonight.

Last night, the conference got underway with a stinging attack on the government. Deputy Leader Joan Burton attacked plans by the government to accept pay rises while working people have to do with pay restraint.

She spoke out against co-location of private hospitals on public land. She described it as, "a development that will deliver massive profits for Fianna Fáil's developer friends but which will widen even further the two-tier nature of the health service".

The party will also commence informal planning today for the 2009 local and European elections.

Source: Breaking News.ie