MP slams the 'mean-spirited' people who took down Union flags

ROBERT Jenrick has slammed “mean-spirited” people who took down Union flags that he and volunteers had put up along a road.

- By OLIVER PRIDMORE

The Conservative MP for Newark made national headlines for helping to install Union flags in the town during a summer of debate after Operation Raise the Colours was launched in August.

The campaign called for the prominent display of Union and St George's flags and in late August, Mr Jenrick and local volunteers were seen putting up several flags along Beacon Hill Road, in Newark.

The MP now says the flags were taken down shortly after being put up, saying: “Some mean-spirited people took them down in the middle of the night about two weeks later, which was disappointing.”

It is not clear who took the flags down, with councils across the UK having adopted varied positions on whether flags are allowed on public highways.