Brits, what's going on with people showing the England flag all of a sudden?
Heard people are using it to scare immigrants which is obviously awful. Saw 2 of them today during a walk which weren't there before... Seeing this hate against coloured people spreading around the world is NOT what I want to deal with or see. It's sick. Can we please just treat eachother with respect?? Just be kind, it's not hard...
It's not against legal immigrants or coloured people. Infact many of the videos I've seen have coloured people ''as you call them'' marching side by side flying the flags. I'm not going to explain it to you here. If you are that interested, look into it thoroughly for yourself.
@Unquestioned There were two reported instances of union flags being burned - in June and November 2024 (ie. too far removed to have any direct link with the current flag waving). Both were connected to young, white, drunken youths.
@Unquestioned No, it is not what the government want; it is what the far-right want.
It is purely Farage, Tommy Robinson, and compliant media such as the Daily Mail, Express, and increasingly the Telegraph, who are responsible for the currrent division.
You need to look into the reasons properly before making illinformed opinions.. It has nothing to do with colour or race.. Its against illegal immigrants getting put up in hotels and getting benefits that that the people of this country are paying for.. The government is saying basically come on in you're welcome.. Instead of stay the hell away and go thru the immigration process properly
It has nothing to do with colour or race.. Its against illegal immigrants getting put up in hotels and getting benefits that that the people of this country are paying for
Nope.
It is not to do with illegal immigration. It is everything to do with colour and race. Why else are coloured people who are here legally, or who have been born and brought up in this country, also being targeted?
To summarise briefly, some gullible people who accept uncritically anything served to them through their social media feeds, had a little too much time on their hands during the school holidays and thought it would be a good idea to present themselves as victims of a non-existent "establishment" plot to deny them certain rights. In the traditional and time honoured English manner this manifested itself in vandalism of public property 😞
@SunshineGirl That's true, but unfortunately there's no way to tell if people are using the flag because they like the country or because they're using it for racism.
So the better option would be to just use the union jack instead, far right people are just using the England flag
@JJones I have always preferred the union flag because it includes other British nations that I feel connected with. I have no objection to people who like the St George Cross, but it is too closely associated in my mind with exclusion and violence.
@HootyTheNightOwl Yep exactly. I think these far right losers are trying to scare immigrants with the flag because of the possibility of Reform winning the next election...
