We should be free to fly our national flags with pride

SECOND council has now told patriots to take down the flag of St George because they say it poses a danger to pedestrians.

- Tim Newark Political commentator

This week Tower Hamlets joined Birmingham in telling residents to remove their national flag from lampposts - as angry locals put up St George’s flags along Bartley Reservoir in Birmingham in protest at their local authority’s decision.

Yet these same Labourrun councils have _allowed Palestinian flags to fly in public spaces for months. It is yet another example of two-tier rules in Sir Keir Starmer’s Britain.

Citing bogus safety concerns, left-wing councils across the UK are taking down British flags put up and paid for by patriotic residents. Campaign group Operation Raise the Colours put up the flags on lampposts last weekend but Tower Hamlets council workers swiftly took them down.

The east London council is headed by the pro-Palestine Aspire Party that, for months, allowed Palestinian flags to fly from its council buildings and lampposts until intimidated Jewish residents succeeded in getting them removed.

That any British council should object to our national flags being flown is a reflection of the divided loyalties in our country. Sadly, we are already living in a sectarian nation where communities with ditfer-ent allegiances are allowed to dominate the streets.