Reports that a quarter of English people take a negative view of flying the English flag and of those who dislike it, labour supporters especially dislike it. Are you a flag bearer or a flag disliker? It's all over the news |
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News junkie here and this is the first I’ve heard of it. Flag wise. Have at it. It’s your flag do what you want with it. I dislike the union flag and hate seeing it. Individual nations flags I don’t mind. Frequently get the saltire out here. Nice driving around EU seeing people flying theirs. K |
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"Reports that a quarter of English people take a negative view of flying the English flag and of those who dislike it, labour supporters especially dislike it. Are you a flag bearer or a flag disliker? It's all over the news"
Flying the flag on St George's day  |
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Morning, Tom. Do you remember "Flying the Flag (For You)" by Scooch? It was the UK's Eurovision entry in 2007.
It got 19 points and finished 22nd out of 24.
Scooch were following in the footsteps of other classic British Eurovision entries such as Gina G, ABBA and Johnny Logan.
Makes you proud to wave the flag of St Union Jack. |
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"Reports that a quarter of English people take a negative view of flying the English flag and of those who dislike it, labour supporters especially dislike it. Are you a flag bearer or a flag disliker? It's all over the news"
You often see people CLAIMING that certain demogrphics object to the George Cross or the Union Flag, but I've NEVER actually seen anyone actually bothered by either.
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If someone has gone to the bother of actually installing a flag pole outside their house (there's one round my way). Then more power to them. If it's just a rather sad flag flapping from an upstairs window, then I don't see the point unless sports on. |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it "
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand "
For me personally, every time I look at that flag, I remember all the guys I went away with, and those who never returned. How we were willing to lay down our lives to protect our country. It makes me feel proud that I had the opportunity to stand side by side with those men |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand
For me personally, every time I look at that flag, I remember all the guys I went away with, and those who never returned. How we were willing to lay down our lives to protect our country. It makes me feel proud that I had the opportunity to stand side by side with those men "
Fair play mate |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand
For me personally, every time I look at that flag, I remember all the guys I went away with, and those who never returned. How we were willing to lay down our lives to protect our country. It makes me feel proud that I had the opportunity to stand side by side with those men "
Which one of the UK's defensive wars were you particularly proud of? |
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A house near me has a flag pole. They had the st George cross out yesterday, in Wales of all places. They change the flag everyday me and the kids have learnt lots about flags due to them.
I thinks lots of people think others will kick off if they wave the English flag, but in reality it rarely happens. It's in the same vein as we can't celebrate being English, but nobody tries to either. |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand
For me personally, every time I look at that flag, I remember all the guys I went away with, and those who never returned. How we were willing to lay down our lives to protect our country. It makes me feel proud that I had the opportunity to stand side by side with those men
Which one of the UK's defensive wars were you particularly proud of?"
Toms take is that the poster said he was proud to have served alongside colleagues who paid the ultimate sacrifice to allow others to criticise those wars. UK soldiers do not choose to go to war. They are sent t war... |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand
For me personally, every time I look at that flag, I remember all the guys I went away with, and those who never returned. How we were willing to lay down our lives to protect our country. It makes me feel proud that I had the opportunity to stand side by side with those men
Which one of the UK's defensive wars were you particularly proud of?
Toms take is that the poster said he was proud to have served alongside colleagues who paid the ultimate sacrifice to allow others to criticise those wars. UK soldiers do not choose to go to war. They are sent t war..."
I purposefully chose to not reply rather than risk losing my tempted |
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How many Labour supporters did you ask?
Yet more culture war bullshit!!
No one likes seeing EDL goons waving the George Cross but no one minds a Union Jack flying at a street party.
Its all in context, like everything else. |
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"As a veteran, I'm proud to fly the English flag or the Union Jack
Can I ask why?
I did my service and fought for my country, I'm proud to fly the flag of it
But what does it do for you personally?
I genuinely don’t understand
For me personally, every time I look at that flag, I remember all the guys I went away with, and those who never returned. How we were willing to lay down our lives to protect our country. It makes me feel proud that I had the opportunity to stand side by side with those men
Which one of the UK's defensive wars were you particularly proud of?
Toms take is that the poster said he was proud to have served alongside colleagues who paid the ultimate sacrifice to allow others to criticise those wars. UK soldiers do not choose to go to war. They are sent t war...
I purposefully chose to not reply rather than risk losing my tempted "
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"Reports that a quarter of English people take a negative view of flying the English flag and of those who dislike it, labour supporters especially dislike it. Are you a flag bearer or a flag disliker? It's all over the news"
Proud to be British and fly the St George flag. It’s the little lefty like Emily fat head Thornberry that need calling out for being racist. |
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"How many Labour supporters did you ask?
Yet more culture war bullshit!!
No one likes seeing EDL goons waving the George Cross but no one minds a Union Jack flying at a street party.
It’s all in context, like everything else."
Mmmm the only two political parties in the UK to be investigated and proven to be racist are the Labour Party and the EDL. Strange that isn’t it 
Which is why I love it when Labour supporters get on their high horse calling people bigots and racist. Xxxx |
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"How many Labour supporters did you ask?
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The source is the ONS.
Tom can tell you what that stands for if you like "
I figured that one out all on my own thanks 
I still think its culture war bullshit, judging by the responses on here. |
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The problem you have is one extreme cross-section of society claiming ownership of the flag and then not using it to celebrate anything but to pointscore with their views on immigration, using empty words about the country being lost and not being allowed to celebrate st george's day when nobody's stopping them.
I worked in retail for years in a big company where we'd get flags, bunting, napkins, plates with the st george cross on them, and we couldn't give them away. We stopped about 12 yrs ago. |
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Over here flags have always been about marking territory.
The stupidity of it all is highlighted even further by the fact that for the last number of years, beside every Union flag there now flies an Israeli flag and beside every Tricolour is a Palestinian flag.
Further proof if any were needed that flag culture is divisive and for many people has nothing to do with pride. |
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I've never understood why people feel the need to fly their country's flag, but if they want to do it it doesn't bother me - I imagine they're more tribal than I am myself, I'm okay with the Human Race tribe. K. |
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