Thread by @EmporersNewC

Maybe it not being ashamed of the British flag, but being proud of the Great British cultural tradition of understatement and being horrified that it is under attack from politicians who want to supplant it with American culture.

Why are those people ashamed of British culture?

https://twitter.com/KirstieMAllsopp/status/1372851258663534593

If they had tiny desk top flags we'd probably say "How cute", or "How naff" but we wouldn't be asking:

WTF ARE YOU DOING WITH A FLAG BIG ENOUGH TO FLOWN ON THE ARK ROYAL IN AN OFFICE WHERE IT CAN'T CATCH WIND!?

We've just had our political communications Americanised.

We've left the EU and were happy to put half of our exporters in potential jeopardy to guarantee closer relations to America.

Politicians are displaying flags in a very American way.

This is fine for America, that's their culture.

But don't be surprised if the next thing you hear is a proposal to make children pledge allegiance to the flag.

And the argument will be "What have you got against the flag? Are you ashamed of it?"

This has *nothing* to do with liking or disliking the flag.

This is about some politicians who don't respect British culture and want to make us more like America.

And since we left the EU, apparently, because we were worried about our identity, well...it looks like leaving has brought the greatest threat to our identity yet.

Because it seems we live in a country where politicians think that the only way Britain can survive outside the EU is to become America.

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