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AIBU to think tatty lampost flags are imposing on communities?

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Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 12:42

To think.that people continuing to put up tatty flags on lamposts are imposing on communities?
There are people putting them up again near roads. They hang by a thread eventually causing a clear hazard. It looks disrespectful and costs money to make safe. And the intention looks less and less like they give a fig for anyone especially in diverse places.
Everywhere has a civic hub where flags are flown properly at the proper time.

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Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 19:05

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 18:52

Reform think they do.🙄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdr3npe33do

£75,000?????
Apparently according to Google it's in the region of £30-90 to fill in a pothole.
Just over £1000 per week for care for an elderly person.
That's a years care for 75 elderly people just gone just like that.
Or 750 potholes not repaired.
It's mad.

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Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 18:59

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 22/08/2026 18:39

The only flags that I’ve seen that look like the ones you’ve described are the Ukraine flags.

Are they an imposition, or is it only the England flags you have a problem with?

There are Ukraine flags but often on private dwellings- or sometimes there has been a civic decision to raise one- also the Pride flag - I think that's different: democratically elected bodies taking a transparent decision and it's one flag, alongside the UK or England flag flown properly on a flagpole. They have proper council permissions.
I'm talking about ordinary main roads by schools and shops and organised groups erecting the flags on every lamposts illegally often at night.

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LakieLady · 22/08/2026 18:58

Sux2buthen · 22/08/2026 13:08

Our council have taken them down and stated they will continue to do so. Only to be flown from allocated flag poles which there are a lot of.

My council is quick to take them down, too. They usually remove them within 48 hours of them being reported.

I haven't seen a flag on a lamp post here for ages, which makes me suggest that those who've been putting them up have got fed up with wasting their money on flags that are only left up for a few days at most. The only ones I've seen in the last few months have been on private property, ie in gardens or on houses.

Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 18:52

Thatladdo · 22/08/2026 17:54

Support for mental health in children / teens, pot holes, crime. Those are important enough to worry about imposing on communities,
Flags? They shouldnt be tatty - maybe you could chip in and get some new ones. unlessa of course your just upset because its nationalistic. Did you worry about the palastine ones?

Well I'd rather the volunteers diverted their efforts into the areas you mentioned for sure.
There seems to be a lot of pro Israel.activists on here Hi guys. I'm just talking about the majority of UK flags as I've not really seen Israeli ones or Palestinian ones on lamposts.

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TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 18:52

Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 18:47

That's the issue because council resources are then re diverted from things that really need doing. No party has a flag raising maintaining elected mandate as far as I'm aware- ie permission to spend taxpayers money.

Reform think they do.🙄

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czdr3npe33do

Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 18:47

Queenjames · 22/08/2026 17:37

No private citizen should hang any flag from public property without permission. Seems a sensible rule to me. And if they do, the Council should remove them.

That's the issue because council resources are then re diverted from things that really need doing. No party has a flag raising maintaining elected mandate as far as I'm aware- ie permission to spend taxpayers money.

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RufustheFactualReindeer · 22/08/2026 18:43

strawberrymatcha22 · 22/08/2026 17:19

Never seen a Palestine flag on a lamppost or roundabout, so no.

Same….or pride

but for those people very hard of thinking…i object to shitty flags on lamposts and on roundabouts

and i live in a military area so loads of beautiful flags on actual flag posts here

Marroon · 22/08/2026 18:39

How many of these flags do we think were manufactured in Britain? 😂
Nothing like cheap Chinese shit to say National pride.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 22/08/2026 18:39

Warmlight1 · 22/08/2026 12:42

To think.that people continuing to put up tatty flags on lamposts are imposing on communities?
There are people putting them up again near roads. They hang by a thread eventually causing a clear hazard. It looks disrespectful and costs money to make safe. And the intention looks less and less like they give a fig for anyone especially in diverse places.
Everywhere has a civic hub where flags are flown properly at the proper time.

The only flags that I’ve seen that look like the ones you’ve described are the Ukraine flags.

Are they an imposition, or is it only the England flags you have a problem with?

frockandcrocs · 22/08/2026 18:38

They’re a fucking state. Cheap shit that some moron has climbed up a lamppost with grubby hands all over it, to secure with cable ties. And yet they claim to have ‘pride in the flag’. Treat it with some fucking respect, then.

Not to mention the cheap AF materials, from china. Such pride.

soddingspiderseason · 22/08/2026 18:35

SpaceShark · 22/08/2026 18:20

Weird. I see Palestine flags on public spaces every time I go out.

on public lamp posts? Or in student windows?

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 18:35

Thatladdo · 22/08/2026 17:54

Support for mental health in children / teens, pot holes, crime. Those are important enough to worry about imposing on communities,
Flags? They shouldnt be tatty - maybe you could chip in and get some new ones. unlessa of course your just upset because its nationalistic. Did you worry about the palastine ones?

You should tell that to Nottinghamshire Council. They spent a load of taxpayer money, meant for potholes, SEN children etc, on flags.😱

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 18:33

soddingspiderseason · 22/08/2026 18:09

Really? Where? Never ever seen that anywhere.

It's common in some parts of NI.

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 22/08/2026 18:21

No flags around here. The odd painted roundabout and that’s about it.

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 18:20

YANBU, they’re unsightly and ugly.

SpaceShark · 22/08/2026 18:20

strawberrymatcha22 · 22/08/2026 17:19

Never seen a Palestine flag on a lamppost or roundabout, so no.

Weird. I see Palestine flags on public spaces every time I go out.

themoonandhalfacrown · 22/08/2026 18:17

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 22/08/2026 12:58

Ours look like something even Steptoe would be embarrassed by.

Where are the staunch defenders of the England flags? Aren’t they embarrassed by the shoddy condition of their beloved flag that represents their beloved country? It seems not.

Round here they're in very good condition. If they get 'tatty' they get replaced by the far-right local pensioner thugs who come on their push-bikes.

Blarn · 22/08/2026 18:16

I live near where the raise the flags thing started. They look so very tatty now. Some are just strips of material hanging off lamp posts and caught in trees. If they put that much effort into something like cleaning up litter in the local area or channeled those funds into a youth centre in one of the closed down shops or old clubhouses, Weoley Castle would have had something to be really proud of.

LlynTegid · 22/08/2026 18:12

They are to all intents and purposes a form of graffiti. Very different from flying a flag from a public building.

soddingspiderseason · 22/08/2026 18:09

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 17:52

I've seen the Israel flag flying with Combat 18 flags.🤯

Really? Where? Never ever seen that anywhere.

Marroon · 22/08/2026 18:02

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 17:52

I've seen the Israel flag flying with Combat 18 flags.🤯

It’s the Knights Templar flags that get me!

Thatladdo · 22/08/2026 17:54

Support for mental health in children / teens, pot holes, crime. Those are important enough to worry about imposing on communities,
Flags? They shouldnt be tatty - maybe you could chip in and get some new ones. unlessa of course your just upset because its nationalistic. Did you worry about the palastine ones?

TooBigForMyBoots · 22/08/2026 17:52

Marroon · 22/08/2026 17:37

NI, in loyalist communities is a huge thing.
Typically union flags are interspersed with Israel flags and orange order flags.

I've seen the Israel flag flying with Combat 18 flags.🤯

Marroon · 22/08/2026 17:50

LostNFoundSV · 22/08/2026 17:44

Good! I love them and the Union and St George cross flags. However, the pro Palestine flags are totally out of place.

You love Israel flags?
Odd.

Why not Australia flags?
Or Russia?
Or Mexico flags?
Or a Croatia flag outside your house?

What is it about being English that makes you love Israel flags specifically?

soddingspiderseason · 22/08/2026 17:50

HollyhocksandPeons · 22/08/2026 17:47

I don't, but our Restore volunteers do, they also distribute leaflets.

And the leaflets they put through my letter box go straight in the bin. Rather than wasting paper and money on leafletting, better to spend the time and resources on removing the plastic tatty flags on lamposts that make areas look so chavvy.

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