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'One Britain One Nation' & the DoE is calling for children to stand together behind a flag, like Hitler Youth, & sing 'STRONG BRITAIN, GREAT NATION!" 😳
Now call me cynical, but the term "Great Britain" is used to refer to the nation*S* of England, Scotland & Wales. 🧐
'One Britain One Nation' & the DoE is calling for children to stand together behind a flag, like Hitler Youth, & sing 'STRONG BRITAIN, GREAT NATION!" 😳
Now call me cynical, but the term "Great Britain" is used to refer to the nation*S* of England, Scotland & Wales. 🧐
Conflating "Britain" with *ONE* nation is VERY 'one nation conservatism', but chanting "Strong Britain, Great Nation!" is fucking unhinged, & just about as *unBritish* as it's possible to be.
Brave people fought WWII to AVOID this authoritarian populist nationalist bullshit.
Brave people fought WWII to AVOID this authoritarian populist nationalist bullshit.
Btw, no law has ever been passed making the Union Jack (aka the Union Flag) the national flag of the UK: it's become one through precedent.
The Union Flag has no official status, & there are no national regulations concerning its use, or prohibitions against flag desecration. 🤔
The Union Flag has no official status, & there are no national regulations concerning its use, or prohibitions against flag desecration. 🤔
