Neighbour has put up huge Unite the Kingdom flag

[UrticaDioca]

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.

So you admit you were talking out your ass @WalkDontWalk ?

Sweet Jesus

perhaps she was aware that every time she walked past their property and if they were out, they’d look at her and she would feel intimidated.

Perhaps she’d heard them say things as she walked by under their breath

I could go on

Whimsical irony is not your long suit, is it, dearheart?

This

I guess you were

Just when you thought the endless drivel about flags was over, up pops another on

This

Sweet Jesus both of those scenarios are ridiculous! 🙄

I think it's perfectly legitimate for people to engage in legal protest about issues that they are concerned about. That is a fundamental right within our democracy, and I support that right regardless of whether or not I agree with those protests.

I also think it's perfectly legitimate for people to have concerns about the Israeli government's actions in Gaza, or about our own government's response to this. However, I don't think it's ever ok to use protests about Gaza as a vehicle for expressing antisemitic hatred, for suggesting that Jewish communities in the UK are somehoe responsible for events happening in another continent, or for making Jewish people here in the UK feel threatened or harassed in any way. And I would like to see appropriate action taken against anyone who is guilty of such behaviour.

Your assumptions are misplaced, but they say more about you than they do about me.

Buckingham Palace fly the union flag. Does this mean the residents are racist?

I like the Union Jack. Don’t know about the lettering on it you describe, but aesthetically I think it’s a pretty flag in much the same way I like the American flag when on holiday there. I wouldn’t have my own flag pole though, that’s a bit OTT. Maybe some small union flags on special days etc.
Anyway,
I’d probably mind my own business in your shoes OP.

People who feel the need to wave flags outside their home etc are nutters. Applies to all flags. Best avoided.

Could you send an anonymous letter saying that you find it upsetting? Might at least mean that you at least feel that you've spoken up? Also I wonder if the black mumsnetters section might be good as lots of people don't seem to be 'getting it'

You don’t think Muslims can be racist then.

Why are you gutted? He’s showing his love for his country and his flag.

Yes. You are

He’s displaying a racist dog whistle

It’s a Tommy10 names racist campaign

The unite the kingdom flag bearers generally hate all illegal immigration and non white persons born here to immigrants.

Racism has gone up and people are more vocal about their hatred.

In Oldbury we have had a Sikh woman born here raped and beaten by two white racists telling her to go back to her own country.

I have heard accounts of people who back in the 70s used to have dog shit through their letterbox because of racist attacks.

My colleagues partner who is born here but non white got racially abused while walking his dog last week in a village in Yorkshire, where they have moved to.

I think the Palestine flags are a good way to indicate what you are living among as well.

Sorry. I tried to respond to that and then I had to delete it because I responded to the wrong quote.

I haven't had any engagement with them at all. They're two doors over. I think next door knows them quite well and those neighbours are lovely. I might ask them what they think of it, although I'm slightly concerned that they might tacitly support it too!

@OswaldCobblepotoh yes I am, I forgot to say Windsor Castle also fly the Union flag, forgive me for forgetting that!

Do you live in the UK?

Because her neighbour is showing visible support for a dog whistle racist campaign. HTH