England Flags

Both PCV (buses & coaches)and PCO (taxis & minicabs) Regulations declare that it is illegal to have "baloons, flags, or banners" displayed on the exterior of licensed vehicles under their durisdiction.

That's the law as written, but we all know that in practice there are occasions when this is conveniently ignored...................London Taxi days to the seaside for underprivileged kids springs to mind, and triumphal open top bus tours by football clubs is another. Mind you, I'd be a bit pissed off if I had paid for a taxi ride home and some nutter hurled a brick through the window just because he took exception to a particular flag that the driver was displaying......................and that's precisely why the law is written as it is.

I know where you are Dave, the Cross of St George will be in the large majority, but around here there are as many Algerian flags as any other at the moment and the place is beginning to resemble a veritable "League of Nations" with the flags of just about ALL the competing nations sure to be seen at one time or another.

Certainly the England v Algeria game is sure to be electric around these parts and I'd better get my haircut sorted out before too long as I don't want to be in the hands of some gutted Homme d'Algerie after we've beaten them!

.......................and what if the taxi driver is Algerian/Slovenian/Italian and the brick comes through, it's hardly likely to come form one of his own is it?

Think about it!

Just another sad example of a lax immigration policy. Were we desperate for sheep shearers or flying doctors when we let you in?

It's a bit of a strange one with the flag of St George. It's almost like the media and the middle to upper class don't want to oiks to sully the flag that's used to stir up the Tarquins on a wave of misplaced nationalism for the Rugby Union. It's fine for posh Rugby Supporter to fly the flag on St George, but in the hands of your average football supporter it's an attempt to stir up racial hatred. Our friend the nanny state again. They're too stupid to use the flag in a responsible manner, lets make up some silly laws and guidelines instead. It's not that people are being soft. It's just the reaction of a bunch of champagne socialists and inbred toffs in the media and in local government who've decided that whats good for the goose is certainly not good for gander, especially if they happen to be a working class, uneducated oik.

It's bit crass to suggest that it's easy for everyone to integrate into British society. For an Australian to integrate into the British way of life it's just making sure that you don't say "fackun" every other word, an intensive course on how to use a knife and fork, and proper toilet training. I completely agree that a big proportion of immigrants have milked the system beyond belief but there are also many who've fled from countries where the most awful atrocities have happened using British made military ordanance or people who've filled a skills shortage in skilled areas or have happily taken employment where jobs were too low paid to stir the interest of the indigenous population. Or of course we could do what the Australians do to their indigenous population and offer them welfare, beer vouchers and chilled meths to keep them quiet and out of sight.

Just joshing of course........

Its just a sporting cling-on response. I'm British and an active sportsman. No doubt some people associate the run of the mill England fan as a new BNP potential leader.

Why must a national flag be associated with a particular political party, just because some of the followers of a party chose to march behind a flag of the country doesn`t mean that flag is now theirs! This would mean that the troops in Afganistan that have these flags at their bases must be BNP soldiers, national flags are national emblems not political symbols! If the Devon flag gets used by the BNP in any way does mean the Devon flag is then taboo? All seems a bit like putting the horse before the cart to me!

Flags are old news, now it's the "aerial ball" and as it happens it fit's onto your aerial.Flags are still good though.