Should Welsh rugby fans stop singing Delilah? | Chris Bryant and Julie Bindel
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Can Tom Jones’s rousing song about a woman’s murder really be a suitable matchday anthem? Chris Bryant and Julie Bindel debate the issueI know, nobody loves a spoilsport. Everyone loves belting out a good old-fashioned song at the rugby. And Delilah has become an unofficial second national anthem in Wales, with its rising cadences and its flashy melodrama. Thousands love shouting “she stood there laughing”, adding “a-ha-ha-ha” for dramatic effect. Many people say they don’t even know that it’s all about killing a woman (despite the words: “I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more”).…





