By Southampton Green Councillor Misty Burgess. I welcome the withdrawal of Councillor Crook’s motion ‘Southampton City Council: Flags’, which would have limited the council to only fly the Union, St George’s, Southampton City and Hampshire Flags from the Civic Centre Building. To me and many others, this motion appears...
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Cheers from the gallery as Southampton Reform councillor withdraws flag banning motion
By Sally Churchward. Additional reporting by Joy McKay. Image: Orlagh Scorey Auckland. Cheers and claps rung out in a Southampton City Council meeting this afternoon when Reform councillor Philip Crook withdrew a controversial motion to ban all flags except the Union Jack, St George Cross and Southampton City flags...
Reader’s letter: Why I feel uncomfortable about the flag campaign
Name supplied. It’s only a flag, right? What harm can it do? Well, for those of us who remember the lessons of history, this is a worrying time. Driving around Southampton, you can see the campaign to fly the St George’s Cross is going strong. Flags have been fastened...