Reform has announced a ban on ‘woke’ flags being flown by councils under its control, with party Chairman Zia Yusuf saying the 10 councils it won last week will only be allowed to fly the Union Flag and the St George’s Cross. The Telegraph has more.
Zia Yusuf announced on Monday that “no other flags” would be allowed to be displayed in the local authorities under the party’s control.
He said that this policy would include “flag-poles, balconies, reception desks or council-chamber walls”.
Reform now controls 10 councils in England, including Kent, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire after sweeping gains in the local elections last week.
But the policy has already come under fire from Labour, which has said that it would mean a ban on the display of Ukrainian flags from public buildings.
The announcement comes as Britain begins celebrations of the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
Mr Yusuf wrote on X on Monday: “Reform controlled English councils will move at speed to resolve that the *only* flags permitted to be flown on or in its buildings will be the Union Jack and the St George’s flag.
“No other flags will be permitted to be flown on its flag-poles, balconies, reception desks or council-chamber walls.”
Under the policy, flags flown by councils for specific days in the year, such as the Pride flag, the Pan African flag or the Armed Forces flag, would not be allowed.
The Prime Minister has repeatedly sought to claim Labour is the party of patriotism as part of his strategy to take on Reform.
He became the first Prime Minister to host a St George’s Day reception in No 10 last month, and has attacked Nigel Farage for his “fawning over Putin”.
Labour will ramp up its attacks on Mr Farage over his previous supportive comments of the Russian President from over a decade ago in which he said he admired Vladimir Putin.
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