wodava@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agoNHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down13
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkNHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’www.theguardian.comwodava@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 days agoThat’s the national conversation. Might be why people are flying the flags.
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAhahah there we are. I figured the mask would slip eventually. So in your view “ignore the law or we’ll be racist” makes sense?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoFlying the flag of England isn’t illegal.
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoNo but not processing asylum claims and resting refugees as criminals is.
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoThe law should be changed then
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhat are you even on about at this point
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWhat national conversation btw, you aren’t british
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYou said so earlier, you were speaking second hand about flags in England as you had no first hand experience
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoThat doesn’t mean I’m not British, what are you on about. And you’re the one saying I’m not well researched
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYeesh fair enough, genuinely my mistake. Your British and you’ve never been to England?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI’ve been to England a few times, so no. And I saw plenty of St George’s crosses. Some from houses, some on public buildings, in shops, on churches, etc. I don’t believe everyone was flying it because they were racist.
minus-squareTheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoNobody ever claimed it was every one
That’s the national conversation. Might be why people are flying the flags.
Ahahah there we are. I figured the mask would slip eventually.
So in your view “ignore the law or we’ll be racist” makes sense?
Flying the flag of England isn’t illegal.
No but not processing asylum claims and resting refugees as criminals is.
The law should be changed then
What are you even on about at this point
What national conversation btw, you aren’t british
???
You said so earlier, you were speaking second hand about flags in England as you had no first hand experience
That doesn’t mean I’m not British, what are you on about.
And you’re the one saying I’m not well researched
Yeesh fair enough, genuinely my mistake. Your British and you’ve never been to England?
I’ve been to England a few times, so no. And I saw plenty of St George’s crosses. Some from houses, some on public buildings, in shops, on churches, etc. I don’t believe everyone was flying it because they were racist.
Nobody ever claimed it was every one