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2026-03-08 Britain

Flying a Union Jack flag is branded a 'tool of hate' in [UK] Government's leaked 'social cohesion' strategy

First dogs, now flags.

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Flying English, Scottish and Union Jack flags has been branded 'tools of hate' in a leaked draft of the Government's new social cohesion strategy.

A leaked draft of the proposals suggests national symbols were sometimes used last summer to 'exclude or intimidate'.

It warned that the 'extreme right has tried to turn symbols of pride into tools of hate'.

The 47-page document also reportedly warns that anti-Semitism has become 'normalised in many corners of society' from schools and universities to workplaces and the NHS.

Some £800million over ten years would be put towards 40 areas where social cohesion is deemed to be 'under pressure' under the proposals.

The draft was leaked to the Spectator magazine, which reported that ministers will unveil the finalised plans, titled Protecting What Matters, in a cross-Government drive next week.

Government sources said the draft was a version which was never going to be published and the words will not be used when the report is issued on Monday.

Last summer, patriotic campaigners vowed to continue putting up England and Union Jack flags despite council workers ripping them down.

A drive to cover British towns and cities in national flags was being co-ordinated by an online movement called Operation Raise the Colours.

Patriotic activists are using a Facebook page to help gather flags together - with members chipping in with offers of transport and equipment, such as ladders.

At the time, the Prime Minister backed the public's right to fly St George's flags but the leaked Government documents appear to link it to rising tensions over immigration and protests by the far-Right.

Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice told the Sun: 'Absurdly, this says our national flag is a tool of hate used to intimidate. The whole paper is a divisive nonsense that should be consigned to the bin.'

The proposals also suggest a 'special representative' role will be introduced to 'champion efforts across the UK to tackle hostility and hatred directed at Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim'.

A new definition of Islamophobia is also expected to be set out as part of guidance on anti-Muslim hatred.

Critics have argued the move could act as a backdoor 'blasphemy law' and limit free speech, though the Government has said its focus is on protecting people from unacceptable treatment.

A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesman said: 'We do not comment on leaks.'

Shadow communities secretary Sir James Cleverly said the proposal for an anti-Muslim hostility 'tsar' risked having a 'chilling effect'.

He accused Labour of 'pandering to sectarianism' after losing the previously rock-solid seat of Gorton and Denton in Greater Manchester to the Greens in a parliamentary by-election last month.

The Tory frontbencher said: 'The Conservatives stand against such divisive tactics.

'As Kemi Badenoch said this week, identity politics is a dead end and our country is headed down a dark road if it fails on sectional interests rather than shared values and freedoms.

'Anti-Muslim hatred is real. But we should tackle it with the existing laws we have for that exact purpose, without undermining free expression.'

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File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

1 The BBC interviewer questioned why Israel attacked in Iran without proving an imminent threat. Ambassador Yechiel Leiter responded: 'Who did we need to prove it to? You?'

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-08 05:03|| 2026-03-08 05:03|| Front Page Top

2 King Charles to address 'increasing pressures of conflict' in speech as Trump criticizes British PM on Iran

King Charles III will reflect on "the increasing pressures of conflict" across the world in a "time of great challenge" during a speech planned for Monday, according to multiple reports.

"We join together on this Commonwealth Day at a time of great challenge and great possibility," a preview of the 77-year-old’s Commonwealth Day speech says.

The king's speech continued: "Across our world, communities and nations face the increasing pressures of conflict, climate change and rapid transformation. Yet it is often in such testing moments that the enduring spirit of the Commonwealth is most clearly revealed."

The speech will come a little more than a week after the U.S. and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran, which British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the United Kingdom didn’t take part in for the sake of their national interest.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-08 06:46|| 2026-03-08 06:46|| Front Page Top

3 They're conquered.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-08 07:48|| 2026-03-08 07:48|| Front Page Top

4 Obumble and Biden tried to do the same thing with the US flag and gadsden flag. They failed. I bet the traitors running England will fail too.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-08 10:01|| 2026-03-08 10:01|| Front Page Top

5 Perfidious Albion, Biden and Obama, cut from the same cloth.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-08 10:04|| 2026-03-08 10:04|| Front Page Top

6 But the Paki flag and Paleostinian kafiyeh are OK, right?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-03-08 10:52|| 2026-03-08 10:52|| Front Page Top

7 Then just rename the country.

Posted by Woozle Glaper2749 2026-03-08 12:25|| 2026-03-08 12:25|| Front Page Top

8 ...or break off Londonstan.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-08 13:05|| 2026-03-08 13:05|| Front Page Top

9 I would start flying the white tree of Minas Tirith next. Make them declare that as racist.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-03-08 15:03|| 2026-03-08 15:03|| Front Page Top

10 WWII Memories of a different time...or is it?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-03-08 16:24|| 2026-03-08 16:24|| Front Page Top

11 About every third year for the previous 15 years, that is exactly what Tolkien is accused of.

In fact, the list of proposed banning of authors is extensive and predictable. I'm sure, somewhere, there is a list is Gainsborough on it, but not the native 20th century brutalist painters. Sorry, the neo-clown blah blah modernists.

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