Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
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council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries |
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries"
Surly that depends on the flag. And where it is.
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries"
I think the people who feel the need to came tie flags to lampposts have issues. |
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries
Surly that depends on the flag. And where it is.
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its a peice if cloth if people get upset by a bit of cloth id say they are a bit mental |
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries
I think the people who feel the need to came tie flags to lampposts have issues."
that may well be the case that dosent change the fact though if a bit of cloth upsets people that much they are a bit mental, personaly i think you should be allowed to fly whatever flag you want to |
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By *deepdiveMan 19 weeks ago
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries
I think the people who feel the need to came tie flags to lampposts have issues.that may well be the case that dosent change the fact though if a bit of cloth upsets people that much they are a bit mental, personaly i think you should be allowed to fly whatever flag you want to"
I wonder what the reaction would be if, in Malaga and the Costs del Sol, the Spanish started to hang Spanish flags on every lamppost, paint the Spanish flag on walls etc. as a protest against all the immigrants that have arrived, bought houses thus increasing costs for locals, speak only their own language (primarily English) opened pubs and fish and chips shops.
Of course, that is completely different to what we see in the UK as the British in Spain are ex Pats and not immigrants!
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There’s a huge difference in arriving legally, paying into the local economy, living legally and investing in an area
As opposed to arriving illegally, not paying into the system and expecting to be housed fed and kept by others |
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Why do people think immigrants of any kind are the source of ALL our woes? Substitute a religion/race within the current rhetoric and some people would sound a lot like chaplin....i think it was him anyway, he had a funny little moustache.
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"There’s a huge difference in arriving legally, paying into the local economy, living legally and investing in an area
As opposed to arriving illegally, not paying into the system and expecting to be housed fed and kept by others"
and tying a nylon St George flag to a lamppost fixes that, does it? |
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Putting a flag up, when you've had the slightest inkling to before plays into the hands of the politicians and others with an even more right wing agenda and deflects from the fact that we pay for water, energy at ridiculous prices to line the pockets of people who are not British. That is a far greater problem....but imigrants aren't exactly the same as us so they're a handy scapegoat. |
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" personaly i think you should be allowed to fly whatever flag you want to
Including a Swastika ?"
l8ke I said any flag,I should imagine the Palestinians flag upsets a few people dosent meen people shouldn't be allowed to fly it and as far as I'm aware outside of Germany it's not illegal to fly the swastika, and hey its a Hindu symbol so why not |
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries
I think the people who feel the need to came tie flags to lampposts have issues.that may well be the case that dosent change the fact though if a bit of cloth upsets people that much they are a bit mental, personaly i think you should be allowed to fly whatever flag you want to
I wonder what the reaction would be if, in Malaga and the Costs del Sol, the Spanish started to hang Spanish flags on every lamppost, paint the Spanish flag on walls etc. as a protest against all the immigrants that have arrived, bought houses thus increasing costs for locals, speak only their own language (primarily English) opened pubs and fish and chips shops.
Of course, that is completely different to what we see in the UK as the British in Spain are ex Pats and not immigrants!
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who knows what the reaction. Would be but after living in granada for two years a while ago from my experience the Spanish wouldn't give a flying fuck what forigners think |
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"Imagine what it's going to be like during the world cup? "
Apparently that's ok, but once the final whistle goes and your flag is still flying then you instantly turn into a racist knuckle dragger and instantly blame immigrants for all the countries woes. |
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"The colour of the Hindu swastika and the angle of its lines is different to the Nazi swastika."
but outside of Germany is it illegal to display it?personally I don't particularly like the Israel palestine or Ukraine and Russia flags,do I think people should be allowed to fly them yes they should just like people should be allowed to fly the union flag and st George cross
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By *iseekingbiCouple 18 weeks ago
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"There’s a huge difference in arriving legally, paying into the local economy, living legally and investing in an area
As opposed to arriving illegally, not paying into the system and expecting to be housed fed and kept by others
and tying a nylon St George flag to a lamppost fixes that, does it?"
Apparently. As long as it is made in China. |
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I can't believe that people are comparing the brits who have moved to spain to those that have entered the UK illegally via small boat and other illegal means.
Brits can no longer permanently stay in Spain and those already with citizenship pay their own way and are not demanding hand outs. They landed there with passports and documentation to prove to the Spanish who they were.
Brits aren't arriving in Spain with TB, Scabies, HIV and God knows what else.
I am very confident that Brits would not give a shite if the Spaniards put up flags in their own country.
I am very well travelled throughout Europe and the flag of those countries are proudly on display. In parts of Romania and Bulgaria they even paint their telegraph poles in the colours of their country's flag.
Anybody who does not think that illegal immigration is a problem here in the UK needs to wake up and smell the coffee.
At least this government has tightened up legal migration which was being abused by people not leaving once their visa has expired but their tackling of the illegals is a massive fail.
40k incentive to leave these shores. Thats not a deterrent! Give me 40k and I'll go tomorrow. |
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"Give me 40k and I'll go tomorrow.
Where would you go ? "
Spain probably. But they are also having lots of illegal immigration issues.
Shame the Polish language is so difficult to learn as I'd go there. Hardly any crime there, very clean country and they have very few homeless and beggers like over here because they put their own citizens first unlike over here. |
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"And just what is the definition of a flag shagger exactly #asking for a friend"
Right wing nut who worships them. Wears everything they can with them on and gets off on bread wrapped in one. Because they support a flag and bullshit, not actual people. They worship the establishment and ignore the vast crimes |
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"Does that make you hard?no but makes me proud "
Well apparently that makes you a right wing nut job. It would be perfectly ok during the world cup this summer but as soon as the game is over it's a problem. I wonder what flag a left wing nut job would embrace |
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We just don't have that much of a history of flag waving in the UK, save for special occasions. I guess this leaves space for far right organisations and supporters to try to own it and so it all ends up as a bit of an aggressive act.
In Spain for eg, you go to any town square and you'll see Spanish, regional, EU, rainbow flags flying, flags flying at football stadiums, hotels, town halls etc. In the UK there just isn't that relationship. Neither is right or wrong really.
I couldn't give a hoot about seeing an England flag flying from a town hall, but if the demand for more flags is coming from the likes of Yaxley Lennon, it's not coming from a place of inclusivity or even a type of patriotism I'd want to be associated with |
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries
Surly that depends on the flag. And where it is.
its a peice if cloth if people get upset by a bit of cloth id say they are a bit mental"
Come on mate, it's not just a bit of cloth, it's a symbol and you know it. Personally I find it offensive to cable tie our national flag to lamposts, the flag should be treated with more respect. A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown. |
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Come on mate, it's not just a bit of cloth, it's a symbol and you know it. Personally I find it offensive to cable tie our national flag to lamposts, the flag should be treated with more respect. A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown."
Plenty of ignoramuses around when it comes to flag protocol.
Apart from the frequent upside down Union Flags, another very common solecism is flying the appropriate flag with its upermost edge exactly half way up a flagpole when someone has died.
It should be approximately one and a half flag depths, below the hoist.
Police stations commemorating deceased colleagues are nearly always in the exactly halfway camp. Sadly they don't appear to refer to any definitive manuals, or have firm guidance from above in the matter.
Also, when being hoisted, the flag should be fully raised before being lowered to the 'half mast' height as part of the ceremony.
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"A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown."
A colleague of mine got a leaflet from the Labour Party which had an upside down flag on the front page. |
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"A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown.
A colleague of mine got a leaflet from the Labour Party which had an upside down flag on the front page."
Depends, presumably, on which party is causing distress in that constituency? |
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"A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown."
"A colleague of mine got a leaflet from the Labour Party which had an upside down flag on the front page."
"Depends, presumably, on which party is causing distress in that constituency?"
In that particular constituency, it's Labour. Both the council and the MP.
Soon to be Green though. |
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"A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown.
A colleague of mine got a leaflet from the Labour Party which had an upside down flag on the front page.
Depends, presumably, on which party is causing distress in that constituency?
In that particular constituency, it's Labour. Both the council and the MP.
Soon to be Green though."
Soon to be Hamas and Hezbollah flags then.🤭 |
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"Between the time I went out at 11 this morning and coming home at 3.30pm, all the flags in my extended local are have gone!
Was the council responsible or a rival political group?
Has this happened anywhere else?
council round here took them down twice and they were back up within a couple of days, since then the council aint botherd with them, personaly if a flag bothers people that much then they definatley have issues if thats one of there biggest worries
Surly that depends on the flag. And where it is.
its a peice if cloth if people get upset by a bit of cloth id say they are a bit mental
Come on mate, it's not just a bit of cloth, it's a symbol and you know it. Personally I find it offensive to cable tie our national flag to lamposts, the flag should be treated with more respect. A load of the ones put up were even upside down which shows you the level of respect being shown."
like i said its a bit of cloth people getting there panties in a bunch about it is comical to me |
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