"Easy solution, opposition parties fly the flag also, after all it is the Flag of the United Kingdom, which employs them?" posts GG13
Do we really want to see flags every time we see a politician?
That would lead to the point where no-one could be elected or keep his seat without flags behind him at all times.
Unfortunately I fear that Keir Starmer may be joining the flag flyers, perhaps feeling he needs the validation.
We should fly the flag in a meaningful way - at significant national events, at the Olympics or when athletes are representing the country, at international conferences or at the UN where the UK delegate has a small union jack in front of her, not just to boost the profile of politicians.
If anyone wants to fly the flag in their garden, or have a sticker on their car, that's fine.
I'm not sure about Mat Hancock's union jack covid mask, it seems just a small step away from the union jack underpants, popular in the eighties, which I always thought rather disrespectful.