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flag shagger in chief reporting for duty (feddit.uk)
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Screenshot of a post by The National with a picture of Keir Starmer smiling in front bunting of the English flag. The text reads: "NEW: Keir Starmer has said he hangs the English flag in his home and 'always sits front of a Union Jack' He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'"
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Imagine how the far right and/or football hooligans must feel seeing their preferred symbol of nationalism be linked to somebody as milquetoast as Starmer 🤣

Honestly, though, good for Starmer. None of us need to fly a flag - I think we know what country we’re in??? - but I abhor how the far right try to claim it for themselves, and how then anybody who does fly the flag is immediately linked to those bastards.

“I’ve lost Saint George in the Union Jack, that’s my flag too and I want it back!” - Roots, by Show of Hands.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It's not the far-right's preferred symbol of nationalism. It's our national flag. That's how I look at it, and we should act as such. Labour displaying the Union Flag was ALWAYS the right choice. It's better than his disgraceful predecessor refusing to sing the national anthem.

    I know you can say "oooh, his policies though, read his policie-"

    The average voter doesn't read the entire manifesto. They just remembered that he was some bloke who wouldn't even sing the national anthem and got cushy with the IRA.

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