On Saturday, Britain will cap off 2020’s last night of the Proms with vocal deliveries of its most patriotic songs.

Just two weeks ago, this annual celebration was very much in doubt. At least, that is, as it has been conducted for the last few decades. It has taken a new director-general of the BBC, lobbying from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and public outrage to see that songs such as “Jerusalem,” “Rule, Britannia!” and “Land of Hope and Glory” would resound via singers as well as instruments. Although seemingly insignificant, the vocal victory is a rare triumph over inane political correctness.