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Original poster

Is it allowed to put political flags on public lamp posts for the entire street?

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HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:07

I noticed that the Palestine flags were on every single lamp post on the entire street and the next one in my neighbourhood.
This area has a mixed population; some of them are Jewish.

Can the council put the flags up like this? Or is it likely to be individuals?

Thank you.

Is it allowed to put political flags on public lamp posts for the entire street?
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Moderateorgoodoccasionallyverypoor · 02/11/2023 19:09

I imagine it’s individuals who live in the are that have put them up.

Teaandtoast456 · 02/11/2023 19:09

The only way you will know for sure is to contact the council and ask them. I would expect it was individuals though. If it's a Jewish neighbourhood, it was probably done to intimidate the Jews living there.

meganorks · 02/11/2023 19:09

It's extremely unlikely to be the council, it will be some individuals/a group locally.

windypumpkin · 02/11/2023 19:10

It won't be the council but if you want them removed it will be the council you should contact

windypumpkin · 02/11/2023 19:11

Councils' budgets are so tight I seriously doubt they'd be spending them on bulk purchases on flags

SharonEllis · 02/11/2023 19:12

HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:07

I noticed that the Palestine flags were on every single lamp post on the entire street and the next one in my neighbourhood.
This area has a mixed population; some of them are Jewish.

Can the council put the flags up like this? Or is it likely to be individuals?

Thank you.

It won't be the council, but I would report it. I'd also take them down.

Original poster
HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:12

Will council notice and remove them or someone has to report it?

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windypumpkin · 02/11/2023 19:13

HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:12

Will council notice and remove them or someone has to report it?

Depends. I imagine someone would have to report it. Often there's an online form you can complete anonymously.

HoogahToogah · 02/11/2023 19:13

There are still Ukrainian flags tied to posts in villages I drive through, so I don't see why not. Unless it's one rule for one and one rule for another, which we obviously know it is.

Original poster
HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:13

SharonEllis · 02/11/2023 19:12

It won't be the council, but I would report it. I'd also take them down.

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It is really high-up and there are so many of them - like the entire streets....

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WhateverMate · 02/11/2023 19:13

HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:12

Will council notice and remove them or someone has to report it?

It's probably already on their Twitter/Facebook but I'd report anyway if you want to.

Just email them.

windypumpkin · 02/11/2023 19:14

I wouldn't try and take them down yourself. 1. You might fall from the lamppost. 2. You might annoy the person who put them there and get in a fight

Peskysquirrel · 02/11/2023 19:14

HoogahToogah · 02/11/2023 19:13

There are still Ukrainian flags tied to posts in villages I drive through, so I don't see why not. Unless it's one rule for one and one rule for another, which we obviously know it is.

It's hardly the same is it?
Are you really that hard of thinking?

shardash · 02/11/2023 19:15

HoogahToogah · 02/11/2023 19:13

There are still Ukrainian flags tied to posts in villages I drive through, so I don't see why not. Unless it's one rule for one and one rule for another, which we obviously know it is.

You're comparing apples and oranges there. I don't suppose there are all that many Russians and Ukrainians living side by side in those villages.

Icefoot · 02/11/2023 19:15

I work in a Borough with a very large Muslim population, Muslim major and predominantly Muslim Council. The flags keep appearing and the council keep taking them down. I doubt it's the council putting them up.

PurpleChrayne · 02/11/2023 19:16

HoogahToogah · 02/11/2023 19:13

There are still Ukrainian flags tied to posts in villages I drive through, so I don't see why not. Unless it's one rule for one and one rule for another, which we obviously know it is.

Could you clarify what you mean by this?

SharonEllis · 02/11/2023 19:18

HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:13

It is really high-up and there are so many of them - like the entire streets....

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Fair enough, don't climb a lamp post! No point in having an accident. But if there are lots of them in a mixed area its deliberate intimidation. I would contact council & police.

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HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:18

HoogahToogah · 02/11/2023 19:13

There are still Ukrainian flags tied to posts in villages I drive through, so I don't see why not. Unless it's one rule for one and one rule for another, which we obviously know it is.

Well, there are Ukrainian flags in my area but they are on private properties not every single public lamp posts of the entire streets.

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Icefoot · 02/11/2023 19:19

PurpleChrayne · 02/11/2023 19:16

Could you clarify what you mean by this?

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PurpleChrayne you keep asking people to clarify in this manner on all the Palestine threads but you never ever return once they've done that. Why is that?

SharonEllis · 02/11/2023 19:21

HoogahToogah · 02/11/2023 19:13

There are still Ukrainian flags tied to posts in villages I drive through, so I don't see why not. Unless it's one rule for one and one rule for another, which we obviously know it is.

What do you mean?

PackageCount167 · 02/11/2023 19:27

@Teaandtoast456 OP said it was a mixed neighbourhood.

It could be a Jewish person who put the flags up, we know there are Jewish people who are marched in the pro Palestine rallies.

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HaveANiceevening · 02/11/2023 19:27

Just googled that my MP actually is strongly pro- Palestine, and even reposted that "Hamas attacks are a 'response' to Israel 'apartheid'."

If I write to this MP, will I be blacklisted and harassed in future?

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Peskysquirrel · 02/11/2023 19:28

Just go to the council first and ask them to take the flags down.

GreekDogRescue · 02/11/2023 19:30

It’s sad that you and your neighbours are tolerating such racism.
why aren’t you taking them down?

PackageCount167 · 02/11/2023 19:30

@SharonEllis

Despite the similarities between Ukraine and Palestine, cognitive biases lead European diplomacies and media to interpret these two conflicts in almost opposite ways