to say that collective nouns take the singular verb?

[kawliga]

The team is going, not the team are going
The army is fighting, not the army are fighting
Tesco is shite, not Tesco are shite
Labour is winning the election, not Labour are winning the election
England is great at rugby, not England are great at Rugby
Man United is likely to win, not Man United are likely to win
The herd is migrating, not the herd are migrating

Grammatical errors give me heart palpitations and sleepless nights. Is this error becoming so commonplace now, that soon it will be considered correct grammar to use the plural verb with collective nouns ?

It's the same with bands as well

I hate going on Wikipedia and reading "Metallica is an American..."

I also don't like the way the BBC news site is starting to make them all singular. And I hate it when they say "4 out of 10" when it should be cancelled down to "2 out of 5"

goes and lies down