Flying the flag

Don't think so, just daft.

It does look as if the Tory Party are trying to misuse the union jack in the same way that the SNP misuse the saltire.

These national flags belong to all of us, not to any political party.

In Spain its de rigour to have the Spanish flag in your home and I was informed that my ??????? couldn’t be bigger than ??! Seems size does matter after all......?

My Norwegian friends both decorated their Christmas trees with their national flag.

If it’s their living room they are entitled to do whatever they like without being judged and found guilty.

It’s very common in America to have the Stars & Stripes on display in or around your house.

I think the last three posts say it all. I would like to ask why is it daft?

Do you really believe that they always had union jacks in their living rooms, or studies or cupboards or wherever they zoom from? It looks like they are under instruction to fly flags when zooming.

Some also have portraits of the queen and I can just about believe they had them anyway but the flags indoors look positively Trumpian.

Americans were displaying their flag outside and inside many many years before Donald Trump became POTUS.

It is not a new thing for politicians worldwide to have their national flag behind them when making a speech.

People are now hiring different backgrounds for their zoom tv appearances! You can be who you always wanted to be.

Actually, I think it is a good thing to show pride in the Uk. I'll hide behind the sofa now.

And, I thought Naga and Charlie were very sneery to Robert Jenrick!

They just don’t want us to see their home decor, simple?

Perhaps it should be more common for ALL parties to show the union jack (or union flag - see www.flaginstitute.org/wp/british-flags-2/the-union-jack-or-the-union-flag/) ?

If they all used it for press conferences etc it would stop being the preserve of one party.

If they are on TV in their official capacity then the flag should be shown and I’ve always thought that.
I dont watch the BBC to hear their presenters mock our flag, in fact I don’t watch them to hear their views on anything, they are supposed to be impartial.

I think that at the very least they should both make a Public apology and be suspended, unless of course their thoughts and deeds echo the BBCs......in which case I will stop watching it.

not just appear ridiculous but a tad sinister. I think what is sinister is that there are those who think that our national flag is an object of derision and ridicule.

The national flag could only be made an object of derision if a political party tried to appropriate it for its own ends as the SNP has done with the saltire.

The recent rash of flags in the homes of every Tory politician is a tad sinister.

But nobody, surely, has such huge flags in their home normally. That's why it looks daft.

I am one of many who are Coronation Babies, still have my mug & Coronation coin. ..... I agree with you Greyduster, ?????????

Greyduster

^not just appear ridiculous but a tad sinister^. I think what is sinister is that there are those who think that our national flag is an object of derision and ridicule.

Completely agree. Nothing ‘sinister’ about showing our flag. Well said Greyduster. ????????????

varian

The national flag could only be made an object of derision if a political party tried to appropriate it for its own ends as the SNP has done with the saltire.

The recent rash of flags in the homes of every Tory politician is a tad sinister.

Easy solution, opposition parties fly the flag also, after all it is the Flag of the United Kingdom, which employs them?

Yes, I think it's unnecessary Varian. And too American for me. I think the Brits combine a unique combination of holding their government to account, while also having a very good sense of national identity. All the flag waving does is make us look like Little Britoner, nationalists.

It is a bit too 'draw up the drawbridge' for me. Me are a tiny island. It is not sensible to isolate ourselves.

WE are a tiny island (sorry!)

"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.

Or maybe we should all just be secure in our identity as British. I don't need a flag to tell me who I am.

Unfortunately, excessive flag waving smacks of the extreme right wing.

No what’s wrong with displaying the National Flag?