Like David Cameron, Gordon Brown simply cannot resist a bit of Scots jingoism. But it will hopefully contribute to his downfall...From the Sunday Times:
PUBLIC buildings in Scotland will be allowed to fly the Saltire year-round following a government climbdown in response to pressure from nationalists.
UK ministers will this week announce the lifting of restrictions on flag flying that have been in force since 1924. The rules stipulate that the Union Jack must must take precedence over all national flags on 18 days each year.
Scottish government buildings with only one flagpole must take down the Saltire and replace it with the Union Jack on specified national days including the Queen's birthday, Remembrance Day and Commonwealth Day. The decision to give the Saltire equal status has been welcomed by the Scottish National party. “It's a recognition that we are in charge of our flag flying arrangements,” said a senior Scottish government source.
Read it all here.
So, with no mandate Prime Minister Gordon Brown's "Britishness" drive in England and his insistence that the Union Flag (which also features the Saltire, the flag of his own country) is flown on all our public buildings, never the Cross of St George, and with Wales and Northern Ireland acquiring more and more powers, it looks like the oppression and sheer unfairness of Scottish-Raj led UK rulership is finally strangling England.
Of course, it was a daft decision for ministers to allow this latest "right" for Scotland. But it demonstrates more clearly than mere words on my part their complete and utter contempt for the people of England.
Spit on the Union Flag...
The flag which sees a non-representative Prime Minister ruling England...
The flag which sees people dying in England for want of medication available on the NHS in Scotland...
The flag which sees Scotland ruling several English rivers...
The flag which sees prescriptions are free to all, including millionaires, in Wales, and that Council Tax has been capped in Scotland whilst it soars in England...
The flag which sees lower health and public spending in England than elsewhere in the so-called "UK"...
The flag which sees that Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs can foist legislation onto England which will not affect their owsn constituents...
The flag which sees England broken up into regions, against our will, and denies the people of England a say on the future of England, the UK and the EU...
The Union Flag is a flag of oppression. You'll see it cropping up on public buildings all around you as Gordon Brown tries to hoodwink the public in England into believing that devolution has not happened.
Spread the word.
The Union Flag is now a symbol of evil.
Brown is pushing the Union flag down our throats in England and you can bet your life that English MPs won't question it 'cos there's no such place as England in the constitution.
ReplyDeleteAnd next you'll have the EU Flag flying everywhere as well.
This government is an undemocratic bastard.