Reform are spending £75,000 putting up Union flags in Nottingham

I thought Reform were going to go through council budgets cutting out all unnecessary expenditure - like this!

Seems daft to me.

It’s a nightmare here, we have a man on a mission, the next town to us is a reform foothold and don’t we suffer. The divisive flags of hate are being bought out of Reforms coffers
(I am told) and flying everywhere In the roads where there are few flying they have been positioned outside Asian owned shops Chinese and Indian restaurants I am so ashamed of my country and flag at the moment and very very sad

I don’t mind people buying their own flags at all. I just think Councils ought to be more mindful of what they spend their budgets on.

Absolutely ridiculous . I see the Reform councillors are doing their own thing, no matter what they said they would do.I'm sure that people's taxes are needed for more important things.
Does Farage know ?

Waste of money!

I suspect that their campaigning before the election didn't feature the promise " and we'll spend a load of your money on flags"

Must be wonderful to live in an area with so much surplus cash.

This was Reform’s own money according to a poster, should be easy enough to check.
Anything not really necessary shouldn’t be bought or spent by Councils but there have been some spectacular wastes of cash in the past by very many Councils.

This does take the biscuit though!

At least they were Union flags representing the UK.😃

NotSpaghetti

This does take the biscuit though!

I wonder what they spend on biscuits? 🤭

The divisive flags of hate are being bought out of Reforms coffers.
I very much object to union flags being described as divisive flags of hate.
It is the National flag of the United Kingdom and should be treated with respect, whatever your political views.

Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 eazybee

eazybee

^The divisive flags of hate are being bought out of Reforms coffers.^
I very much object to union flags being described as divisive flags of hate.
It is the National flag of the United Kingdom and should be treated with respect, whatever your political views.

Don't be ridiculous, of course these flags are symbols of racism. Why else would they be positioned outside Asian and Chinese owned shops?

Because that's where the lamp post are?

As with anything you do, the 'intent' is important.
Are these flags being used to welcome, or to intimidate?

All the flags Reform sponsored a couple of months ago have vanished everywhere I’ve been since, on motorways and dual carriageways, and in towns and villages. I imagine that the £75,000 will end up being money ill spent as the people of Nottingham decide they won’t put up with flag bombing.

Namsnanny

Because that's where the lamp post are?

Concise and to the point 😄
Anyway why wouldn’t Indian restaurants and Chinese takeaways which are on a street in Britain not want to see a Union flag? They live happily in Britain don’t they.

Every nation has a flag and we in Britain have a particularly nice one.

There is nothing intrinsically wrong or sinister about the union flag but I think various uses and interpretations have been put upon it by nasty groups of individuals.

I think that given the straightened times we live in, it is stupid to spend £75,000 on flags and fixings when there are surely many more pressing needs that should be met financially out the council's budget.

Casdon

All the flags Reform sponsored a couple of months ago have vanished everywhere I’ve been since, on motorways and dual carriageways, and in towns and villages. I imagine that the £75,000 will end up being money ill spent as the people of Nottingham decide they won’t put up with flag bombing.

I still see a few, but many Councils have taken them down.
Scared no doubt of misplaced shrieks of ‘racists’.
Other countries would laugh at us.

Maremia

As with anything you do, the 'intent' is important.
Are these flags being used to welcome, or to intimidate?

Nether imv.
If any intent could be prescribed, claiming it back from being seen as racist is the number one intention.

Oreo

Casdon

All the flags Reform sponsored a couple of months ago have vanished everywhere I’ve been since, on motorways and dual carriageways, and in towns and villages. I imagine that the £75,000 will end up being money ill spent as the people of Nottingham decide they won’t put up with flag bombing.

I still see a few, but many Councils have taken them down.
Scared no doubt of misplaced shrieks of ‘racists’.
Other countries would laugh at us.

There weren't any in my local area, but there were a couple of painted mini-roundabouts. They just look scruffy.

Oreo

At least they were Union flags representing the UK.😃

Not this one on the council building