To think this takes top place as the most tacky 'flag' example?!!

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For those of you who think the flags and roundabout paintings are tacky...

What do you make of this house?

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But they do know how the wider community feels. They're literally being hung with the intention of making non-white Britains and immigrants feel unwelcome. The point is to create upset and division.

Think you’ll find every time we are at war they pop up everywhere - WW2 noticeably but I remember being quite surprised that they turned up during the Falklands as well.

It’s because the England flag has become a symbol of the far-right, football hooligans, and proscribed terror groups over the past several decades.

If someone hangs a modest flag in their garden or pub there is a chance they are just patriotic. If it’s St George’s day or a significant national event then larger/more flags are acceptable, or a local fete for example. Hundreds of flags painted and hung in public areas by men in hoods obviously has another meaning.

Because it has been adopted as a symbol of the hard right here.

Hope that helps.

I completely agree with you. I’ve written to my councillor to make my feelings known. The only other thing I can think to do is put up some anti racism stickers or something. I don’t think the people responsible for the flags should be putting us all in this situation.

Because the flag has been co-opted by the far right who are thick and racist. The flag has been used for many years by these people to push division and intolerance. Over time, for many, it has become a symbol of these things. A flag is a symbol of identity, with meaning, history and heritage attached. Many English people don’t identify with the meaning, history and heritage the flag has come to represent.

Not every flag has the same connotations or baggage so you’re not comparing like for like.

It hasn't been coopted, claimed, adopted and so on by English far right. They just used it because what else should English nationalist groups wave around?
It was given up on by normal people. That's the problem.
"Oh no, EDL used it, now I shall never use it again for it being racist!"

This is not the first time we have done this dance with the struggle over ‘what the flag means’ - there was a lot of fuss about the St George cross during some international sporting event a few years ago.

Either flags are private and only official places can fly them, or they are public and everybody can put them up. What they symbolise is part of the rough and tumble of public debate. Free speech, I guess.

It looks like a birthday present?

Hahahahahahahahaha, absolute state of that.

What do you make of this house?

As this looks as though it is from Streetview, I would assume it's support for the English team during a major sporting event in the last few years. I wouldn't do it, but I don't think it's particularly tacky - or anything to do with English flags appearing at the moment. TBH have not seen any IRL

This!! We've given them the power to abuse it in this way, I'm not sure how ppl aren't seeing that.

The flag isn't intrinsically racist & we are letting idiots take ownership of it by just holding our hands up & going 'ooo no, I don't like that' but doing bugger all about it.

Would be great if Banksy did some MASSIVE piece with the flag all jazzed up with white & non-white faces & wholesome imagery like flowers & birds, some Victoria sponge idk. Then mass produce the flags IRL & we could hang them everywhere to counter the morons.

Let's have us a flag battle & stop being so bloody passive with our identity fgs

That’s true. And I agree that in theory, flags can either be for everyone or reserved for official use. The issue for me isn’t just about whether people are “allowed” to fly the flag, it’s more about the way certain groups are using it right now. When racist mobs deliberately plaster the flag everywhere, they’re not celebrating England in a neutral way, they’re sending a message about who belongs and who doesn’t. That changes the meaning of the flag in practice, even if technically it’s “free speech.” Free speech allows them to do it, sure.. but free speech also allows the rest of us to call out how it feels when a national symbol gets co-opted in a way that alienates whole communities. It's sad to be honest, ones own flag should be a joyful thing, but hey ho

Agree, so frustrating for the neighbours if it is real

And a good old mixture of upper & lower case letters...

Well done to everyone taking part.

Being patriotic and proud of your country is something that we have lost in recent years, so it’s great to see people coming together to celebrate.

Dumb with flags or Dun with flags😀

Flag It Up!

I thought the white dragon on the red background was for St Edmund who was our original patron saint. Or have I got that wrong?

I'd laugh. Be interesting to check back in a few years time and see how it ls looking

people coming together

Disingenuous. I'm sure you're well aware that these flags are highly divisive, as they're intended to be.

They're not remotely "patriotic" because the statement is: This country is for people who agree with my far-right views, and no-one else.

That's one of the most depressing images I have seen this year.

X marks the spot doesn't it?

What worries me is the flags handing from motorway bridges, what happens when they blow off and land on someone's windscreen, idiots