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...
Opinion: Reform’s Flag Motion is not a serious proposition
By Sam Wise. Reform UK’s Councillor for Coxford, Phillip Crook, will tomorrow table a motion calling for only the Union, St George’s and Southampton City flags to be flown at council buildings, and for the Union Flag to be flown/displayed at every council premises and council school. Let’s call...
Protest as Southampton Reform Cllr wants to ban flags including Pride, Armed Forces Day and Windrush Day
By Sally Churchward. A Southampton Reform councillor is bringing a motion before the city council on Wednesday (15/7/26) that would ban the flying of a huge range of flags from the Civic Centre. If the motion, being brought by Councillor Philip Crook, were passed, the only flags that would...
Reader’s letter: join emergency protest against banning of Pride flags in Southampton
By Trans Pride Southampton. Emergency Protest! It has come to our attention that Reform Councillor Phillip Crook has motioned for Southampton City Council to no longer fly Pride flags. We counter-argue that Southampton City Council should, in fact, fly MORE Pride flags than it does at present – specifically...
Opinion: The weaponisation of proportional representation
By Mabel Wellman. Recently, I’ve been seeing an increasing number of articles in newspapers about proportional representation. The main content of such articles will sound very familiar to people who have either campaigned against First Past The Post (FPTP) voting before; considered “strategically voting” to make sure their vote...