Flags being taken down !

It is illegal to attach a flag to a lamp post.
It’s perfectly legal to fly one on your own premises.

As petra has posted, it is illegal to attach flags to lamp posts.

I’ve seen several flags in various places recently all looking very sad and shabby now.

There coming down in droves where we live.

There are lots of Palestinian flags attached to lamp posts around Birmingham. Nobody has taken them down.

Thank goodness Harris they re still flapping here

I expect there'll be some flag-waving tonight.

Last Night of the Proms!

Many St George’s cross flags along the main A road here, especially at roundabouts.

If it was a longstanding practice, as it is in America, to fly the flag I wouldn’t be concerned at all. The motivation behind the current patriotic display worries me a great deal and I wish the flags would come down here.

No flags in my area. I agree with lixy the motivation for the recent flag hanging is concerning.

Do you display a flag Badgerboy to show pride in your country, if so, have you always done so, as the Americans have?
Or, have you just recently discovered your love for your country and urge to actively promote it?

Plenty here, both from lamp posts and in other places, they look to be secured well.
I like to see them tbh and think for the future it will become more common, taking our flag back from any far right groups.
The big demonstration today looks to be peaceful, plenty of flag waving but no bad behaviour so far which is good.

Ours were taken down in the morning, back up in the afternoon 👍🏻

Off to google if it really is against the law to fly flags from lampposts - as the relevant law hasnt been quoted - so we don't know if it really exists.

lixy

Many St George’s cross flags along the main A road here, especially at roundabouts.

If it was a longstanding practice, as it is in America, to fly the flag I wouldn’t be concerned at all. The motivation behind the current patriotic display worries me a great deal and I wish the flags would come down here.

This.

That took about two seconds to find. Couldnt see the word "lampposts" in this - in either direction.

www.gov.uk/government/publications/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide

It's illegal under the Highways Act 1980 unless permission has been given. CarriadAgain.

It does depend on the reasoning behind flying a flag on your premises.
However, I don’t t see why we shouldn’t. I certainly don’t think that not wanting to offend refugees or any other cultures should be single a reason.

We have many still flying in my area - Union flags and England ones.
Mostly on roundabouts of major roads.
I have nothing to back this up but feel it is a passing fad; something started on social media and it became “a thing”.
It will probably pass. Before this Summer only a few houses had patriotic flags in their gardens.

In America it is much more common to see the “Stars & Stripes” up flagpoles in gardens.

Never have been any here.

People are obviously secure in their Britishness.

ginny

It does depend on the reasoning behind flying a flag on your premises.
However, I don’t t see why we shouldn’t. I certainly don’t think that not wanting to offend refugees or any other cultures should be single a reason.

It is only the OP who tells us that the reason for taking the flags down is 'apparently' to avoid giving the wrong impression to refugees, so not a cast iron source by any means. I very much doubt that his/her 'council anti-social team' will have any such brief, but maybe Badgerboy will come back to link to some sort of evidence.

If people want to put up banners on public land they have to apply to the local authority for permission to do so, even if they are promoting a charity fete. Why should people get away with putting up flags - any flags? - on lamp-posts without authorisation? And people who paint flags on mini-roundabouts are putting themselves at risk.

We were driving along the motorway a couple of days ago and there were flags attached to the overhead bridges. Some had become partially detached. I wouldn't like to be driving along if one of them became totally detached and landed on my vehicle.

There are a few locally, but none have been taken down. Some are looking very tatty quite quickly. It's given me new respect for the quality of the few that are raised occasionally in churches , town halls, etc.