Rip the flags down! A call for action!

[Ilovemychocolate]

The sudden appearance of the English flag hung on lamp posts, railings etc has absolutely sickened me, and my dd.
I am proud to be British, but the misappropriation of the flag by thugs, intending to intimidate, is absolutely not acceptable in a diverse society.
So tonight myself and my adult dd ripped them down in our area, and tomorrow we will be going on a flag hunt, to rip down any more we find.
I would strongly urge those of you that feel the same way, to also remove them, as long as you feel safe and comfortable to do it.
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But you think it's alright for you and your daughter to go round acting like thugs, destroying and vandalising other people's property?

I think you’ve made your point, and if it makes you feel better shimmying up and down lamp posts etc., knock yourself out.

I rather suspect there’s more to your motives than meets the eye, but hey.

If you leave your property on a lamppost, at what point does it stop being yours?

If people think the English flag needs reclaiming from some right wing threat (not that I am such a person) then surely the answer is to crack on and reclaim it. Stick up England flags everywhere with "migrants welcome" written on them. Put up those crotchet postbox toppers with people holding hands on an English flag.

I can't think of anything more counterproductive than acting out the very threat the people putting up the flags claim to exist.

You'd better come armed if you try to rip my flag.

In my town, the painting on zebra crossings has been accompanied by the slogan "we're full". I wonder what they mean?

Its illegal to rip down flags as its a public order 1986 as its a criminal offence.

Well fed, what wonderful news!

What a perfectly English response and so accurate. I love it! Thank you for passing on the smile.

Which bit says that?

It’s illegal to put them up on lamp posts but that’s not stopping them is it?

I’ll decide when I’ve made my point thanks, not you.
And what possible ulterior motive could I have?

I do, and we have done it again today.

I did have a look;

The Public Order Act 1986 doesn't give a specific power to "take down flags," but rather prohibits the display of visible representations, including flags, if they are threatening, abusive, or insulting and cause "harassment, alarm, or distress" to others, or if their display is intended to cause fear or provoke violence. Therefore, a flag display can only be taken down if it constitutes an offence under the Act, such as by causing fear of violence or harassment.

You’d have to be able to prove their intention was to cause alarm or distress - which it is.

I think there’s an element of it that doesn’t allow desecration of the flag. But taking it off a lamppost isn’t desecrating it, sooo… think you’re good 😂

Unsurprising..

I guess it means I'm happy to earn more and br taxed more

Keep on rockin’ in the free world…

I suggest you educate yourself.

Labour are still centrist. Lib Dems are centrist. There is a centre. You may not like it, but it’s there.

The people hanging flags from lampposts and graffitiing road markings are the ones destroying and vandalising other people’s property. If you want your flag, that’s fine - but fly it on your own land.

They absolutely are centrist. Where do you think they lie, politically?
Lib Dems are making very sensible statements all the time - unfortunately all the press would rather platform Farage and his 4 MPs.