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wrxd 7 hours ago

Since last summer a lot of flags appeared all over the UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Raise_the_Colours https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/

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philk10 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I went back to England last year and couldn't believe how many flags there were, I was shocked and not in a good way

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nephihaha 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Every criticism levelled at the St. George's Cross can be levelled at the Union Jack. It is time people in England had a healthier relationship with their flag, more like Scotland and Wales, and less like Northern Ireland.

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actionfromafar 6 hours ago | parent [-]

St. George's Cross is football brawls and "England uber alles". Union Jack is stiff upper lip and kicking nazis out of Europe.

	▲	nephihaha 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was the flag of the British Empire with all that entails. It is to be found all over the loyalist areas of Northern Ireland and on Orange Marches. It has appeared in umpteen far right demos, and in fact if you look at 1970s far right footage you can see it is the flag they most commonly carry in the UK not the St. George's Cross. Oh, and you'll find it at plenty of football matches, notably Glasgow Rangers, who fly it while singing songs about wanting to be "up to our knees in Fenian blood".