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.