DANIEL HANNAN: Under the Union Jack we ended the slave trade, defeated Nazism and Communism and spread the rule of law across the world... so why is the liberal Left now so ashamed of it?
Daily MailWhy do Lefties have a problem with our national flag? Locals in the Norfolk village of Claxton are reportedly upset at plans to fly the Union flag outside their village hall on special occasions ‘The flag is often used as a symbol against immigration and it would worry me if it was being used in the wrong way,’ said one resident. An extraordinary 1.4 million volunteers came from British India – that is, the territories now comprising Pakistan, India and Bangladesh – to fight under the Union flag in the First World War. When China snuffed out Hong Kong’s remaining liberties, local people proudly waved the Union flag, like this activist outside the region's District Court in 2021 as nine pro-democracy protesters were sentenced But all these are examples of a dispute about who should be running your country. When China snuffed out Hong Kong’s remaining liberties, local people proudly waved the Union flag.
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