Would you fly a flag for your country?

Laboutine

Why ever would I not fly the national flag of my country? It simply demonstrates that I'm proud of my country and the achievements it's made. If someone else finds that a racist act or political statement, that's their problem, not mine. Maybe they should take a good long look at themselves and ponder as to why they feel threatened or intimidated by a British person, flying a British flag, in Britain.

It IS a racist and/or political act, if it really is to show frustration with immigration.

I wish people would make their minds up.

By the way, I don't feel intimidated or threatened by British flags flown in the correct way in the right places.

A lot of people in other countries fly their national flags from their homes. Why in the UK some people object to this, and think it’s racism, I don’t know.

But sankev, according to some, they're NOT making a political point about immigration. They're just showing pride in being British.

Why ever would I not fly the national flag of my country? It simply demonstrates that I'm proud of my country and the achievements it's made. If someone else finds that a racist act or political statement, that's their problem, not mine. Maybe they should take a good long look at themselves and ponder as to why they feel threatened or intimidated by a British person, flying a British flag, in Britain.

I would have no problem flying either the St George’s cross or Union Jack. Very proud to be British but definitely not racist. I would have no problem with our lovely neighbours flying the flag of their home country either. I have GC of mixed heritage and friends of many nationalities. But I think it’s because of loosing control of our borders and the vast amount of illegal migrants that are making people angry and this is the way they are showing it. I have no problem whatsoever of legal migration. We have a generally very kind nation but this is being pushed to the limits. This is only my opinion and I have absolutely no idea how we can really reclaim our borders but I think this is the reason for all the recent flag flying. Frustration!

In Scotland a lot of people had the St Andrews Cross in their windows at the time of the referendum. But I don't see flags in people's gardens or houses here now. The Reform party got almost as many votes as the Labour and SNP got at the recent by -election to the Scottish Parliament,though Labour won. I don't see how reform voters can easily put up the cross of St George here. What do these flags mean? I don't know. They have taken on meanings though.

Personally I think we can value ourselves and our own people, whoever we are, without attacking other people.

I fly a flag and very proud to fo do

Yes I would but it wouldn’t mean I was against anyone born in another country. My stepdad was in the Royal Navy and all my uncles were in the RAF. They were very patriotic and I was brought up to be the same.

He was a major supporter of Richard Price and his child pornography.

Some information on the thug who calls himself Tommy Robinson:
hopenothate.org.uk/2022/01/11/tommy-robinson-is-a-hypocrite-when-it-comes-to-opposing-child-sexual-exploitation/

Being part of a sporting family who watch both football and rugby, I have no issues if any of the wish to fly or stick a Union Jack flag or English George cross flag, however I’m not happy with some of the connotations attached

I'm very annoyed that the right is using this as a campaign, when the flag belongs to all of us. Farage was on the television talking about policies today which are going to cost taxpayers billions, saying it would be millions. The flag belongs to all of us. So the followers of Farage who voted for Brexit, are still calling him a hero despite the £502 billion rise in the price of food in the 5 years after Brexit, not to mention the fact that he applied for German citizenship, and bet on the £ to fall as he knew the result of the final Yougov poll in advance. He didn't want to miss out on the benefits of being part of Europe for his Financial Trading, after all Brexit was for OTHER people, like the woman selling flowers around the corner, who was tied up in bureaucracy and closed down. He wasn't given the citizenship, but the rest of his family got it because of his German wife. He hardly attended any meetings when he was MEP, and was investigated for his expense claims. It is interesting that all the Americans on Twitter who have flags in their photo are all supporters of Trump.

Whats wrong with Tommy Robinson? You obviously believe the lies the main stream media have been peddling for years. Raising the flag is nothing to do with Tommy. Maybe take time to watch his address to the Oxford Union on YT and be prepared to change your mind about him. Tommy is the person who has been exposing Rape gangs for 15 years. His activism started because his 14 year old cousin was groomed.

The thing that some don't seem to recognise is that most of us on the pro-British side are absolutely not against people per se for being some other nationality.

We are very supportive of those who are supportive of us and our ways. Check out, for instance, YouTube channels by Nuriyah Khan (Pakistani here in Britain) and the "Candid with Lubna" channel (also Pakistani here in Britain) and one can see how very supportive they both are of our country and our ways. In return - they are both of them fully supported back by us (though Lubna is currently in hiding from her own people - as some Pakistanis living here would be very far from nice to her if they were able to find her. It's us that are sheltering her and helping her).

This is the start of taking our country back from the Globalists.

I was born in Liverpool from Welsh parents, my first language is Welsh but my sister and I were bi-lingual from birth. I married a Welshman, moved to Wales , our boys were educated through the medium of Welsh, we socialise in Welsh as it it is the language of our home. I often fly Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon) or baner Dewi Sant (St.David's flag). No racism at all, proud to be Welsh.

I definitely would, in fact I'm going to order one.

Yes, let’s fly flags. We have been too generous to the world at the expensive of our own people. Torture comes in many forms, when we cannot give the immediate treatment to treat so many serious health problems for all the people that have built up or maintain our wonderful country, the time has come to prioritise them over looking after all these other people, who take advantage of our passionate nature

Yes I would.

Who exactly are you reclaiming it from?
My concern is what’s behind this sudden passion to be ´patriotic’? Bit strange that its spreading like wildfire. There are rumours that Tommy ´Robinson’ and his fans are behind it. I’m suspicious and of those who immediately trot out ‘I’m not racist but’…..
I think everyone is to some extent so expend the energy in reflecting on that maybe?

The Union flag and the St George’s flag have become associated with the extreme right, Farage and anti-migrant or even white supremacist rhetoric. That was not the case a few years ago when they tended to come out at sports events or appearances by the royal family. I don’t know if these flags can be reclaimed for a more inclusive sense of Britishness, or how that would be done.

No way. That is all due to what I saw in America. This was the start of the downhill cycling the USA has gone through. Now everyone from any other country is an "Other", and not welcome. And if you look different than white, you will get deported, or disappeared. You only have to do research to see how it all unravelled and made a way from MAGA. The same way this will make a way for Reform. As goes the US, so goes the UK. I would love for it to be different, but I have a feeling people are starting to think the same here, though I hope not.

M0nica

Yes, I would.

I would fly a flag and have in the past. I'd like to point out though that in some places and circumstances, flag poles need planning permission. Don't get yourself into trouble!

I would, but would attach an angled pole to my house, as actual free standing poles need planning permission in my area.

Yes, most definitely I’d fly the flag 🇬🇧