Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Lol…I knew the flag man of Etwall wouldn’t be able to resist, but just to clarify.

There was no ‘out of hand dismissal’. It was just another example of you exaggerating to try and make your point. Just as you were wrong with your outdated passport story (it wasn’t), just as you’ve been unable to come up with examples of me ‘claiming victory’ (I haven’t) and just as your flagpole hijackings in Etwall wasn’t a group at all but just, by your own admission, one person.

Now, because you know I’m a retired teacher you’ve gone down the ‘liberal folk i.e. teachers’ route. I’ve no idea why. Never seen a flag, other than ones belonging to various football clubs and national flags belonging to a country being studied at the time, in any classroom.

The point surely is that Reform UK have been in control of ten local authorities for four days and almost immediately they are exercising a level of censorship, displaying muddled thinking and invoking a meaningless policy which will please only those narrow minded enough to object to displays of tolerance or support for anything other than patriotism.

Personally I think we might well be better off with no flags. They seem to often cause more trouble than they’re worth however I recognise the importance some people attach to them and would simply advocate a more tolerant attitude rather than the almost immediate adoption of supposedly patriotic and confrontational muscle flexing.
As I said, I think I?m looking at the issue from both sides

My ie should have been eg so apologies for that