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Neighbour has put up huge Unite the Kingdom flag

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UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:05

I am gutted. I haven't seen a single flag in my town, and suddenly this union jack goes up two doors over with the words 'Unite the Kingdom' printed on it in capital letters. The flag is huge and flying from a pole on top of their shed, but it's in their own garden so nothing can be done.

I am the daughter of an immigrant mother and therefore mixed race. Now I have to see this fucking flag waving at me every time I look out of my kitchen or living room windows.

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SpottyAardvark · 05/10/2025 15:33

I’m glad I live in a country which still permits free speech, even for people I dislike who are saying things I disagree with.

Long may our freedoms continue.

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UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:33

Jeschara · 05/10/2025 15:24

I think you should mind your own business. I am in a mixed relationship and it would not bother me, it is in his garden, and you can do nothing about it.
I dont like the way the flag is being used by thugs but I would not let it get to me.

I'm not a busy body. I don't have a clue about the comings and goings of my neighbours, but it's a huge flag right in my sight line as I'm washing up or sitting eating my dinner from my kitchen table. It's unmissable.

And yes, I will adjust and get used to it. It just went up today so I'm feeling grumpy and sad about it. It has added a little dampener to the happy sanctuary that I've created here in my home.

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SpiritAdder · 05/10/2025 15:32

UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:20

Tbh I wouldn't have a problem if it was just the union jack. But it has the words 'Unite the Kingdom' emblazoned across it. It's a far right campaign.

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Really? I did not know that. Too bad the far right have co-opted both flags.

DiscoBob · 05/10/2025 15:32

UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:25

Yes thanks, I was being an idiot.

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I wouldn't go that far. 😉

Do you know the flag is meant to be hostile/racist? They could be patriotic and just following a bandwagon. I mean I'm not saying they are definitely not raging Yaxley Lennon enthusiasts but it might be best to assume it's not meant in an aggressive way. Unless they've acted in ways that seem unpleasant directly to the neighbours?

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 05/10/2025 15:31

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:17

I'm sorry, OP. It's shit, but there isn't really anything you can do when people are flying flags on their own property.

I do still believe that the majority of people in this country reject this racist shit. And even some who don't actually reject it are just too stupid to know any better.

I bet you believe the Palestine flags and marches don’t frighten Jewish people who live here too.

MidnightPatrol · 05/10/2025 15:31

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:23

It is indeed. Despite the significant number of posters who seem eager to deny this or feign ignorance.

Anyone who chooses to support the campaign is aligning themselves with the racist Tommy Robinson.

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I’ve never heard of this expression in relation to Tommy Robinson until this thread TBF.

MidnightPatrol · 05/10/2025 15:30

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:20

It's a Tommy Robinson slogan. Hence it is racist.

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TIL it’s a Tommy Robinson statement.

What exactly do they mean by ‘unite the kingdom’.

A shame if neither the St George’s Cross or the Union Jack can be flown without being assumed as racist now (noting the Tommy Robinson slogan carries more weight).

Screamingabdabz · 05/10/2025 15:29

I get it op, and we have it lowering the tone in our street too, but I know these kind of people and if it’s any consolation I do think they would include you in their idea of ‘Britishness’. It’s recently arrived people who are here to take rather than to contribute is what they fear.

BreakingBroken · 05/10/2025 15:29

It’s fine, the government is pulling together an ICE like team and soon the problem will be sorted.

Centuriesahead · 05/10/2025 15:29

Prior to this, have you had any engagement with them? Any hint they are racist?

Arrrrrrragghhh · 05/10/2025 15:28

I find the flags ( any flags ) tacky. It’s the equivalent to yelling people on the street.

Except Support British Farming.

BitOutOfPractice · 05/10/2025 15:27

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:23

It is indeed. Despite the significant number of posters who seem eager to deny this or feign ignorance.

Anyone who chooses to support the campaign is aligning themselves with the racist Tommy Robinson.

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Ive been waiting for the wide-eyed faux concerned disingenuity to surface. Didn’t take long did it?

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UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:25

DiscoBob · 05/10/2025 15:23

Yeah, both my parents are immigrants but I'm the same race as them, which is white.

Britishness isn't a race.

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Yes thanks, I was being an idiot.

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Jeschara · 05/10/2025 15:24

I think you should mind your own business. I am in a mixed relationship and it would not bother me, it is in his garden, and you can do nothing about it.
I dont like the way the flag is being used by thugs but I would not let it get to me.

DiscoBob · 05/10/2025 15:23

Centuriesahead · 05/10/2025 15:13

I am the daughter of an immigrant mother and therefore mixed race.

Why “therefore”? My husband is the son of an immigrant mother and he’s not mixed race

Yeah, both my parents are immigrants but I'm the same race as them, which is white.

Britishness isn't a race.

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:23

UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:20

Tbh I wouldn't have a problem if it was just the union jack. But it has the words 'Unite the Kingdom' emblazoned across it. It's a far right campaign.

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It is indeed. Despite the significant number of posters who seem eager to deny this or feign ignorance.

Anyone who chooses to support the campaign is aligning themselves with the racist Tommy Robinson.

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UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:20

SpiritAdder · 05/10/2025 15:15

Go and talk to them. I’m American so don’t know specifics, but I read that the union jack 🇬🇧 was being put up by anti-racism activists to counter the Tommy Robinson/Reform racists that have been using the English flag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 as a message that England is for the English only and anyone not of Anglo ethnicity can fuck off out of the country. They might be an ally. I’d want to know in your shoes.

Tbh I wouldn't have a problem if it was just the union jack. But it has the words 'Unite the Kingdom' emblazoned across it. It's a far right campaign.

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Centuriesahead · 05/10/2025 15:20

Have you had any trouble from them in the past? Any whiff that they’re racists dicks?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:20

MidnightPatrol · 05/10/2025 15:18

Is flying a Union Jack racist now?

What’s the origin of the statement ‘unite the kingdom’?

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It's a Tommy Robinson slogan. Hence it is racist.

Dunnocantthinkofone · 05/10/2025 15:19

There have and always will be racist pricks in this world, sadly. They will jump on any bandwagon going and hijack it - unfortunately

Maybe I’m being naive and ignorant, but I thought the whole flag thing was brought about regarding uncontrolled migration (especially by boat) not as a racist statement. Yet time and time again, I see people connecting the dots and immediately assuming the worst
Perhaps I’m wrong?

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UrticaDioca · 05/10/2025 15:19

Centuriesahead · 05/10/2025 15:14

So are you mixed race?

sorry not clear

Yes I'm mixed race, I am visibly not white.

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noblegiraffe · 05/10/2025 15:19

SheSmellsSeaShells · 05/10/2025 15:14

I would interpret Unite the Kingdom as anti racist and in opposition to the St George flag epidemic.

No, it's Tommy Robinson's campaign.

Neighbour has put up huge Unite the Kingdom flag
MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 05/10/2025 15:18

Amandasummers · 05/10/2025 15:16

Is it just me or does “now I have to see this fucking flag” some sort of insinuation that you find the flag insulting? You literally live here? Why the offence?

It's just you.

Most people know that "unite the kingdom" reflects support for a racist campaign led by Tommy Robinson and his cronies.

CountFucula · 05/10/2025 15:18

Amandasummers · 05/10/2025 15:16

Is it just me or does “now I have to see this fucking flag” some sort of insinuation that you find the flag insulting? You literally live here? Why the offence?

Here we go.

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