UK and St George’s flags should never be used to ‘intimidate and terrify’, says senior Lib Dem
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/20/uk-and-st-georges-flags-should-never-be-used-to-intimidate-and-terrify-says-senior-lib-dem
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“People who fly the national flag hate their country” -senior lib dem
They wonder why no one votes for them.
I think if you are intimidated by the Union Jack or the Cross of St George you are either in the wrong country or the enemy.
This post is only 23 minutes old at the time of writing and the comments are already wild. Don’t know whether to laugh or cry at how some members of the UK public defend the British flag as if it is their favourite child.
This should not be a controversial opinion but sadly I feel it will be with the state of current public discourse.
Liberal Democrats, you can always rely on them to be anti UK
Thr people doing this often have past histories of violence, which says it all really. They want to intimidate people generally and immigrants are just another target for them. You cannot just threaten and hit problems away, you need a plan that actually works, however this sort of person lacks the reasoning skills to come up with a workable immigration policy.
I’d agree, symbols meaning can change depending on how they’re used and it doesn’t matter what they once meant (see Swastika). Do people want the England flag to become a symbol of hatred?
For those who find this complicated.
You’re at a garden centre on a Sunday, the sun is out, they have a Union Jack or St George’s flag outside – not intimidating to anyone
You’re walking down the street as literally any POC (remember when it used to be “boat people”) and some angry racist draped in a tattered St George’s flag screams at you to fuck off back to your own country (no matter you’re third generation British, just unfortunately not the right shade for these people)
I mean I’ve tried to be simple but there is a difference. It ain’t the flag, it’s the intent. If that complicated for you I don’t k ow how to help you further, sorry you can’t see the difference I guess.
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I know it’s not quite the same (yet), but remember the swastika was once a symbol for well-being in Hinduism and Buddhism. Now it is more commonly associated with hate and fascism! Let’s hope our flag doesn’t become seen in a negative way because of some brainless thugs.
The flag is being desicrated by the people who claim to be patriotic, ironic really
There was a woman on Radio 4 this morning who made a great comment ( I think she was the bishop of Dover?).
She said the St.Georges flag used at the far-right rally last week and spray painted on roundabouts isn’t the English flag. The English flag is one of tolerance and acceptance, as well as many other English values. The St.Georges flag used is the St.Georges flag of the crusades, of bigotry and religious warfare.