Flag news. Hard right Tory MP calls for the Union Jack to be displayed across the UK. Starmer agrees
The demand originally came from Dubai resident and Telegraph columnist Isabel Oakesh*tt but thanks to hard right Tory MP John Hayes it reached the Commons on 3rd September
Hayes is the chair of the hard to far right Common Sense group which specialises in culture wars Common Sense Group – Wikipedia
Hayes called for the Union Jack to be displayed everywhere (see Yvette Cooper) not just in England but also in Ireland (Northern Ireland, its not clear if Hayes has heard of Partition) Scotland and Wales.
Starmer agreed noting that the Union Jack represents ‘our history, our heritage and our values’. There is no question that numbers in Ireland, Scotland and Wales (as well as England) would agree but would delete the word ‘our’ and insert ‘your’.
Is Starmer so badly briefed or so leaden footed that he is aligning himself with Culture War Flagshaggers?
(South Holland and The Deepings) (Con)
Q14. Mr Speaker, I know you will agree that flags and banners, in bringing national pride, nourish individuals’ sense of worth and nurture our shared sense of belonging. Will the Prime Minister take steps to ensure that across every part of our kingdom, alongside the crosses of St George in England, St Patrick in Ireland, St Andrew in Scotland and the red dragon in Wales, our flag is flown on every Government and public building—hospitals, schools, police stations and railway stations—for every Briton deserves the chance to see a forest of flagpoles and the flutter of the Union Jack? (905498)
I share the right hon. Gentleman’s pride in our country’s flag. It represents our history, our heritage and our values. That is why we display it. I was the Labour leader who put the Union Jack on the membership card for the Labour party, and I was very proud to do so. It belongs to all of us. We should be proud of it and value it.
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