Wtf.
It’s sickening how the far right agenda has been so normalised that the government is pandering to them.
Since when was displaying our national flag “far right”? Ah yes, Hitler was as bad as some bloke flying the Union Flag.
Like so much, it’s about context. St George’s day, England playing football, New Year’s Eve in London, last night of the proms, all fairly normal places to fly flags. Sticking 17 of them round an Indian family’s house or standing outside a “migrant hotel” etc, a bit threatening. It’s not really difficult.
I think this was about putting them on streets, not around indian family’s homes
A day after a deadly attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester, Neville posted a video online to say he had removed the flag from his property because it was being “used in a negative fashion”, as he urged his followers to question what it means to be patriotic.
Nah that’s an absolutely cringe reason. I don’t like Britain first. Also, the attack was done by a Jihadist, not a self-proclaimed “patriot”.
Take back the Union Jack. 🇬🇧 This is the flag of the WHOLE Kingdom and of her other realms and territories. Not some bigot or fascist’s flag.
Cringe reason or not it’s hard to deny it’s not being co-opted by far right organisations for racist reasons.
Okay, and? Racists breathe (unfortunately) should we stop breathing also? There are plenty of people who identify as Christian but are hateful bigots, does that mean I shouldn’t be a Christian? If you started flying the Union Jack and St George’s cross more, the racists would find something else if this was the case.
It’s a flag usually assosciated with racist nutjobs. Doesnt have to be, granted, but the usual way of showing national pride and unity is to use the Union Jack.
Replacing the Jack with the England flag telegraphs that unity is not the goal.
Why do Wales and Scotland get to fly their flags then? Because these were countries that England oppressed and occupied. The use of their national flags do of course have racist undertones (usually aimed at the english), but it’s a way of preserving their heritage under a foreign occupier and so we grant them this clemency.
England flying their flag for the same reason does not hold the same merit, unless we’re literally expressing our heritage that was taken away from us… by us. We were a worldwide occupying force for a long time. Maybe we should calm down on the pride, and instead fly the Jack that promotes more unity
I’d rather he’d come out as a nonce than whatever the fuck this is.
I mean, if it will stop people voting reform, I don’t see the harm
Come on, no one buys this shit. The people who this is supposed appeal to can see this for the obvious grift it is, no one believes Starmer is being sincere here.
I don’t think Starmer is a closeted racist.
Still hasn’t done much to fix the immigration laws. At least his administration is beginning to talk about it, I guess
foocking liebour politisan, its called the UNION FLAG when its on land!
Jokes on you he had his home commissioned as a naval vessel
So the choices in the last election were ethno-nationalism or protest vote, got it
