Fury as Labour-Run Council Tears Down “Dangerous” St George’s and Union Jack Flags From City Streets (But Palestine Flags are Allowed)
A Labour-run council has sparked fury after ripping down St George’s and Union Jack flags, claiming they “could put lives at risk” – while Palestinian flags have been left flying for months. The Mailhas the story.
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith accused Birmingham City Council of piling “bias and absurdity on top of their utter incompetence”, pointing out they have managed to find workers to take down flags after months of bin strikes.
Scores of British flags have sprung up on lampposts and buildings across parts of Northfield, Birmingham, in what organisers have described as a “patriotic outpouring”.
They first appeared in Weoley Castle before spreading across to areas including Bartley Green, Selly Oak and Frankley Great Park.
Weoley Warriors, who are behind the influx of flags, describe themselves as a “group of proud English men with a common goal to show Birmingham and the rest of the country of how proud we are of our history, freedoms and achievements”.
The protesters, who have raised £4,000 for flags, poles and cable ties, have defiantly hit back at accusations they are racist and insist they are “giving hope to local communities that all isn’t lost and they are not alone.”
One member said they had put up the flags because they have “had enough”. “This country is a disgrace and has no backbone,” they said. “This isn’t racism, it’s frustration at being pushed into a corner and silenced.”
But the row has further deepened after Birmingham City Council confirmed it will begin ripping flags down from the lamp posts, saying the extra weight could “potentially lead to collapse” in the future.
The Labour-run council – which is already under-fire over its handling of the five-month bin strikes – also claimed those attaching flags “could be putting their lives and those of motorists and pedestrians at risk” despite being up to 25ft off the ground.
Critics have also pointed out that Palestinian flags have flown across the city, where 29.9% of residents are Muslim, for several months since the war broke out in Gaza.
Meanwhile, the council also lit up the Library of Birmingham in green and white to mark the anniversary of Pakistan’s independence day yesterday and will do so in orange, green and white to mark India’s independence today.
Oh dear, I’m sure those ever forgetful Liebour Councillors haven’t realised that today is VJ Day and with an obvious desire to waste more money that they haven’t got are funding celebrations of Indian Independence Day instead about which I am sure the majority of Brits CGAF.
What a grotesque insult to the memory of those brave Brummies who gave their lives for today’s “freedoms.”
CircusSpot
7 months ago
OT how amazing it is to see Trump highlight the hyprocisy of the U.K. and European Nations obtaining their gas/oil/chemicals and grain from Russia via India. How Russian has achieved its aim to have money received in roubles and not dollars.
No wonder Trump has gone for India to destroy this cosy alliance.
Let us all hope it leads to a peace deal.
The council’s excuses for the flags’ ‘danger’ are simply not believable, lies invented to deliberately antagonise the British population, those who are proud of and don’t want to society purposefully fragmented. Multiculturalism is a dismally failed experiment, and has done incalculable damage to the core fabric of British society. Birmingham Council are exacerbating that disintegration.
As a Scotsman, who loves to trample on the English at any sporting occasion – anyone but England etc – I confess that I am growing to love the flag of St George. God bless you.
Yet Newham LB did nothing effective to get rid of Hamas and Palestinian flags in public property. BTW do lamp posts belong to t TT he council or the local power company. If the latter why have they not reported political donations for the value of the advertising.
Yet they are routinely hijacked at election times around Oldham and Marsden by both Liebour and Lib Dims for promotional purposes although I suspect permission to use as such has neither been sought nor granted.
‘Tis true. Every single word. I think that if you don’t get rid of the Uniparty with a radically different government at the next election, the UK will resemble France or Germany, because this is where you’re headed; ”The Permanent State vs. the People Most people still don’t see it. They think our problems begin and end with the government of the day. They believe that changing the party in power will change the country’s direction. They are wrong. The disease runs far deeper. The machinery of the state – the judiciary, police, civil service, education, local government, media, NGOs – has been captured. It is now run by an unelected, unaccountable class that shares one worldview: progressive, globalist, and hostile to anyone who dares challenge it. This is why justice is two-tier. Why protests are policed according to the politics, not the law. Why our children are taught ideology instead of knowledge. Why councils obsess over “diversity” targets while public services crumble. Why the press protects one side and destroys the other. Elections do not touch this machine. Ministers come and go. Prime Ministers rise and fall. The permanent state remains – enforcing its ideology regardless of who you… Read more »
Speaking of France. You know they’re an incompatible culture when they’re even triggered by Barbie! Except this is Europe, not a majority Muslim country, so why can’t they just ignore it if it’s not their cup of tea and let others get on with their business of taking their kids to see a daft movie? See the influence they have when still just a small percentage of the overall population; ”Move over, Salman Rushdie, Michel Houellebecq, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Islamists have a new bête noire—Barbie. In a Paris suburb, a gang of Muslim youths managed to shut down a screening of Barbie, the PG-rated 2023 movie, because it apparently endorses homosexuality. The incident took place in Noisy-le-Sec, located in the immigrant-heavy Seine-Saint-Denis département. On Saturday, the local council had planned to show Barbie as part of an outdoor cinema programme for people living in deprived areas. But 15 young people stopped the event from going ahead by threatening council workers and trying to smash equipment. According to local communist mayor Olivier Sarrabeyrouse, the Muslims claimed the film “promoted homosexuality and insulted the image of women.” Sarrabeyrouse has since filed a criminal complaint and rescheduled the movie, remarking, “There is no cultural no-go zone in Noisy-le-Sec.” … Read more »
Agreed. We can only vote for candidates who have been allowed to stand. Any party that are a real threat will be banned. (Or shadow banned, so that when they are on the ballot no-one knows who they are or what they stand for.) As for uprising, we are disarmed and disorganised. Already it is getting harder associate on-line. Once digital currency comes in dissidents won’t be allowed frequent visits to the local pub and will have to get a permit to buy anything as dangerous as a gardening tool. We won’t be able to vote them out and we won’t be able to fork them out.
jg144
7 months ago
Oh dear. If these lamp-posts are so weak that a flag flapping in a summer breeze could bring them down, then they will be a real danger come the winter hurricanes that Global Warming is going to bring. Residents in the danger zones must put in freedom of information requests to the council, to see what calculations made of the strength of the original design and what surveys are done of the current structural integrity.
Or rainbow flags. I’m not sure how long they would last somewhere like Birmingham, mind. Perhaps somebody should try that experiment once.🤭
happycake78
7 months ago
And the cat and mouse game begins. They take them down, they get put back up again.
kev
7 months ago
Only 2 flags should be allowed in England. Plus maybe the blue and the white ensigns and maybe (reluctantly) Royal Coats of Arms – if we ever get a patriotic Monarch.
A possible exception could be granted for 1 day each for St David’s, St Andrews and St Patrick’s Day.
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Oh dear, I’m sure those ever forgetful Liebour Councillors haven’t realised that today is VJ Day and with an obvious desire to waste more money that they haven’t got are funding celebrations of Indian Independence Day instead about which I am sure the majority of Brits CGAF.
What a grotesque insult to the memory of those brave Brummies who gave their lives for today’s “freedoms.”
OT how amazing it is to see Trump highlight the hyprocisy of the U.K. and European Nations obtaining their gas/oil/chemicals and grain from Russia via India. How Russian has achieved its aim to have money received in roubles and not dollars.
No wonder Trump has gone for India to destroy this cosy alliance.
Let us all hope it leads to a peace deal.
The council’s excuses for the flags’ ‘danger’ are simply not believable, lies invented to deliberately antagonise the British population, those who are proud of and don’t want to society purposefully fragmented. Multiculturalism is a dismally failed experiment, and has done incalculable damage to the core fabric of British society. Birmingham Council are exacerbating that disintegration.
Everything they ban is under the guise of safety. It’s so transparent it’s laughable.
And ALWAYS for the safety of The Children.
It would be interesting to submit an FOI request for the stress calculations that shows the flags will overstress the lamp columns.
As a Scotsman, who loves to trample on the English at any sporting occasion – anyone but England etc – I confess that I am growing to love the flag of St George. God bless you.
Thank you, that means a lot.
We are arriving at a point where First Nation British with First Nation Europeans must defend our cultures and each other.
Yet Newham LB did nothing effective to get rid of Hamas and Palestinian flags in public property. BTW do lamp posts belong to t TT he council or the local power company. If the latter why have they not reported political donations for the value of the advertising.
Street lamps belong to the highway authority.
“Street lamps belong to the highway authority.”
Yet they are routinely hijacked at election times around Oldham and Marsden by both Liebour and Lib Dims for promotional purposes although I suspect permission to use as such has neither been sought nor granted.
‘Tis true. Every single word. I think that if you don’t get rid of the Uniparty with a radically different government at the next election, the UK will resemble France or Germany, because this is where you’re headed; ”The Permanent State vs. the People Most people still don’t see it. They think our problems begin and end with the government of the day. They believe that changing the party in power will change the country’s direction. They are wrong. The disease runs far deeper. The machinery of the state – the judiciary, police, civil service, education, local government, media, NGOs – has been captured. It is now run by an unelected, unaccountable class that shares one worldview: progressive, globalist, and hostile to anyone who dares challenge it. This is why justice is two-tier. Why protests are policed according to the politics, not the law. Why our children are taught ideology instead of knowledge. Why councils obsess over “diversity” targets while public services crumble. Why the press protects one side and destroys the other. Elections do not touch this machine. Ministers come and go. Prime Ministers rise and fall. The permanent state remains – enforcing its ideology regardless of who you… Read more »
Speaking of France. You know they’re an incompatible culture when they’re even triggered by Barbie! Except this is Europe, not a majority Muslim country, so why can’t they just ignore it if it’s not their cup of tea and let others get on with their business of taking their kids to see a daft movie? See the influence they have when still just a small percentage of the overall population; ”Move over, Salman Rushdie, Michel Houellebecq, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Islamists have a new bête noire—Barbie. In a Paris suburb, a gang of Muslim youths managed to shut down a screening of Barbie, the PG-rated 2023 movie, because it apparently endorses homosexuality. The incident took place in Noisy-le-Sec, located in the immigrant-heavy Seine-Saint-Denis département. On Saturday, the local council had planned to show Barbie as part of an outdoor cinema programme for people living in deprived areas. But 15 young people stopped the event from going ahead by threatening council workers and trying to smash equipment. According to local communist mayor Olivier Sarrabeyrouse, the Muslims claimed the film “promoted homosexuality and insulted the image of women.” Sarrabeyrouse has since filed a criminal complaint and rescheduled the movie, remarking, “There is no cultural no-go zone in Noisy-le-Sec.” … Read more »
Neatly summed up as always….
Our salvation will not arrive via the ballot box.
Agreed. We can only vote for candidates who have been allowed to stand. Any party that are a real threat will be banned. (Or shadow banned, so that when they are on the ballot no-one knows who they are or what they stand for.) As for uprising, we are disarmed and disorganised. Already it is getting harder associate on-line. Once digital currency comes in dissidents won’t be allowed frequent visits to the local pub and will have to get a permit to buy anything as dangerous as a gardening tool. We won’t be able to vote them out and we won’t be able to fork them out.
Oh dear. If these lamp-posts are so weak that a flag flapping in a summer breeze could bring them down, then they will be a real danger come the winter hurricanes that Global Warming is going to bring. Residents in the danger zones must put in freedom of information requests to the council, to see what calculations made of the strength of the original design and what surveys are done of the current structural integrity.
But somehow it’s okay if they are all Ukrainian flags, how come?
Or rainbow flags. I’m not sure how long they would last somewhere like Birmingham, mind. Perhaps somebody should try that experiment once.🤭
And the cat and mouse game begins. They take them down, they get put back up again.
Only 2 flags should be allowed in England. Plus maybe the blue and the white ensigns and maybe (reluctantly) Royal Coats of Arms – if we ever get a patriotic Monarch.
A possible exception could be granted for 1 day each for St David’s, St Andrews and St Patrick’s Day.