I suspect this is happening all over the country but I just noticed that there appears to be a bunch of flags appearing at roundabouts and traffic intersections at the moment. To be honest as long as I'm not paying for them I couldn't really care less, I'm not big on deep and meaningful symbolic protests, I think that if someone wants to hang up a UK flag in the UK then that's fine as long as it isn't obstructing anything important!
I must admit though, I'm somewhat baffled as to why someone would go to the trouble and expense of doing something like this, it's not seemingly a particularly patriotic move since such flags already fly over most government buildings and churches around here? I suppose it's intended to remind all passers by what country they're in, a political point and put there by people who feel that is a necessary step these days. I can see both sides of this, it's provocative for many lefties because of the "hooligan" elements of the hard-right who have exploited this kind of faux-patriotism for many years, although I'm not convinced that's the intent now? On the other hand, having spent a lot of time in the poorer parts of many big cities around the country I do understand that perspective and at least the flag is the correct way up!
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