It comes after a heated summer time of anti-migration protests and amid an ongoing nationwide debate about id.
Now, politicians of all stripes are desperately attempting to indicate that they’re true patriots — with out endorsing the far proper.
POLITICO runs by 5 politicians completely convincingly getting in on the act.
Keir Starmer
Buttoned-up, lawyerly Prime Minister Starmer has lengthy wrapped himself within the flag, and advised the BBC Monday he was “very encouraging” of individuals letting the material fly.
He went one step additional, saying he personally at all times sits “in entrance of a Union Jack,” and that his household has a “St George’s flag in our flat.” His spokesperson later mentioned they had been “restricted in how a lot I can touch upon the dimensions of his flag.” A completely regular day.
Yvette Cooper
To not be outdone, Britain’s house secretary successfully declared herself the largest flag waver ever to have lived. “I’ve not simply the St George’s flag, I’ve St George’s bunting,” Cooper advised Occasions Radio. “I’ve additionally Union Jack bunting which is at present nonetheless hanging up in my backyard shed.”
