{"id":755,"date":"2009-04-22T15:24:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T14:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=755"},"modified":"2009-04-22T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T14:24:11","slug":"my-countrys-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=755","title":{"rendered":"My Country’s Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"800px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_(3-5).svg\"<\/a> This is the flag of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/p>\n

\"Flag_of_England\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

This is the flag of England which is part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, 23rd April, is St. George\u2019s Day<\/a>. St. George<\/a>, is the patron saint of England, Ethiopia, Georgia amongst others and the patron Saint of Scouting. On the Sunday closest to St. George\u2019s day, Scouts in the UK take part in a parade in their town or village, attend a church service and renew our Promise.<\/p>\n

The parade is normally (in England certainly) lead by a Scout Band, followed by the UK flag and the flag of England (St. George\u2019s Cross) and then each of the Groups or sections with their own flags.<\/p>\n

However, one of our local Districts has been told not to parade with either the UK or English flags! You will have to forgive me if I am deliberately vague here, but I can\u2019t get into specifics.<\/p>\n

The reason for this is one of the areas they are parading through has a predominantly Asian population and offence doesn\u2019t want to be given to the local population! <\/p>\n

The problem is that the UK and English flags have been used by far right and racist organisations and now have the \u2018wrong image\u2019 within the Asian community.<\/p>\n

However, this stance offends ME. The Scouts of this District have been parading with these two flags for many, many years without causing offence. They are our national flags, the flags of this country. How stupid to say you can\u2019t parade with your own country\u2019s flag in your own country! I could never see this happening in Canada or the USA, for example, where they are proud of their flags and what they represent.<\/p>\n

At my District\u2019s parade on Sunday, we will have the UK and English flags at the head of our parade and we will be proud to parade behind them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the flag of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland This is the flag of England which is part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tomorrow, 23rd April, is St. George\u2019s Day. St. George, is the patron saint of England, Ethiopia, Georgia amongst others and the patron … <\/p>\n

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