>English flag protests ‘intimidating’ residents, council leader says
>A protest movement that is hanging up English flags in public is “intimidating” residents, a Liberal Democrat council leader has said.
>“It would be naive to pretend otherwise that the St George’s flag has been co-opted by certain far-Right groups to promote their agendas,” Cllr Ireland told the BBC. “We will not be encouraging division in our communities.”
>He said there was “an underlying tension in the campaign”, which he claimed had been “hijacked by people whose views, for me, are completely unacceptable”.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/22/english-flag-protests-st-george-operation-raise-the-colours/