Fly the flag

[Earl Aelfheah]

You're doing a great job of challenging the stereotype of 'raise the colours' supporters there 'Cheeky'. 

[MrCheeky]

4 minutes ago, Earl Aelfheah said:

You're doing a great job of challenging the stereotype of 'raise the colours' supporters there 'Cheeky'. 

oh iII be fIying high n proud on the 13th . anyway simp i got things to do . now you can rant on with mr diabetes  

1 hour ago, Insuflo said:

Ooh, Cheeky! Why do they call you Cheeky? Is it your resemblance to an arse?

sweet dreams mr diabetes

[Insuflo]

A quick Google search shows that that image comes from a French book of hours of the 15th century. So, that’s a page of a French book, written in Latin. From 600 years ago. Quite what that has to do with contemporary British discourse, is open to interpretation.

What is not open to interpretation is the character of those gathered outside hotels of late. They are of the same character as Mr. Cheeky.

[MrCheeky]

4 minutes ago, Insuflo said:

A quick Google search shows that that image comes from a French book of hours of the 15th century. So, that’s a page of a French book, written in Latin. From 600 years ago. Quite what that has to do with contemporary British discourse, is open to interpretation.

What is not open to interpretation is the character of those gathered outside hotels of late. They are of the same character as Mr. Cheeky.

Thank you for the compIiment mr diabetes iII Iet them know when i speak to em 

[Insuflo]

2 minutes ago, MrCheeky said:

Thank you for the compIiment mr diabetes iII Iet them know when i speak to em 

I’m bemused by the diabetes references. 

[MrCheeky]

Just now, Insuflo said:

I’m bemused by the diabetes references. 

your bemused by many things  cuck. anyway im out some of us have jobs to get up for in the morning. we dont AII sit around in mummys basement being ungratefuI for the benefits you ponce off the state. keep safe have a good evening onIine 🐱

[Insuflo]

15 minutes ago, MrCheeky said:

anyway im out some of us have jobs to get up for in the morning. 

Of course.  Brain surgeon or rocket scientist?

[Sephiroth]

20 minutes ago, Insuflo said:

Of course.  Brain surgeon or rocket scientist?

I knew CHATGPT was bad, but until I saw cheeky boy’s posts I didn’t realise quite how bad

 

now, where’s my insulin ?

[alice]

So no alcohol no drugs no masks no violence the 13th should be busy then. 

[Sephiroth]

 

state of this mob

[LordshipPain]

The Labour astro-turfers are out in force on this thread aren't they!

[Sephiroth]

58 minutes ago, LordshipPain said:

The Labour astro-turfers are out in force on this thread aren't they!

 

this doesn't mean anything - it's a word salad with no reference to the topic at hand. And given the video I posted it's notable that you didn't reference it at all. The subject is the proliferation of weird intimidating Flag wavers.... 

 

As for me, I didn't vote Labour at last election, nor will I in next election (if I lived in a Labour/Tory/Reform marginal, that might be different)

[Spartacus]

I remember when "fly the flag" was the proud slogan of British Airways 

it all went pete tong when Concord was retired 😅

[Sephiroth]

I do worry English people are focusing on “the flag” and their own wistful nostalgia (how very English) rather than what’s happening with the flag in 2025

stop analysing it as the mere national flag and have a look at it for what it is - the useful tool of intimidation by some extremely dodgy people (see also the Irish tricolour when the IRA were active)

defeat the problem, then you can reclaim the flag 

pretending there is no problem whilst saying “it’s just a flag” is just…. Sigh 

[malumbu]

Unionists sometimes also paint the curbs (rwb) in Northern Ireland, much less than in the troubles.

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/rising-sectarian-tensions-in-limavady-as-painted-kerbs-and-flags-mark-out-territory/37190789.html

Edited September 6 by malumbu

[Sephiroth]

2 hours ago, malumbu said:

Unionists sometimes also paint the curbs (rwb) in Northern Ireland, much less than in the troubles.

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/rising-sectarian-tensions-in-limavady-as-painted-kerbs-and-flags-mark-out-territory/37190789.html

Almost like there is a connection between excessive flag shaggery and violence 

[Sephiroth]

Makes yer prahd dunnit

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/09/racist-mob-menacing-refugee-children-far-right?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[malumbu]

Sound Lounge music venue windows smashed after altercation with those putting up flags.  Interesting comparison with another country in another time below

https://insidecroydon.com/2025/09/08/suttons-sound-lounge-suffers-its-own-kind-of-kristallnacht/

[Spartacus]

1 hour ago, Sephiroth said:

Makes yer prahd dunnit

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/09/racist-mob-menacing-refugee-children-far-right?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

How beautifully ironic, the article says mobs putting flags up are roaming the streets shouting "Sieg Heil" the cry of our enemy in ww2 determined to take our sovereignty away. 

Its almost moronic.

I saw something the other day that discussed how the medoa highlights the opposing ends of the situation, with the extreme right at one end and the far left at the other. What it mention are the ordinary people in the middle who don't support either extremes but still have genuine views that are being ignored by the media. 

[Sephiroth]

Where are the far left in all of this flag business? Thats a red herring 

there is the far right leading this nonsense, a lot of people following them who claim to be ordinary people (but very little digging and oh guess what) and them there is everyone else (right, centre, left) opposing them 

 

there is no “both-sides” on this 

[Sephiroth]

Clueless, dim, mindless 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/09/st-georges-cross-appears-on-westbury-white-horse-monument?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

[Sue]

On 09/09/2025 at 16:48, Sephiroth said:

Clueless, dim, mindless 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/09/st-georges-cross-appears-on-westbury-white-horse-monument?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Oh FFS 🙄

[Sephiroth]

Well worth a read

 

https://manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-raised-the-flags/

[Rockets]

The scary thing is you dont have to travel far out of Dulwich to see the flags flying.

[Sephiroth]

You wouldn’t need to be Emily Thornberry to figure out which places are most likely to have them up

cant believe the crap she got over that