The Guardian's ever excellent John Harris on how the British far-right managed to appropriate the England flag (the St George's Cross) for their own dark politics, and how this enables Farage and his men to gain the trust of good people who are looking for a symbol of pride.

Can progressive culture re-kindle a spirit of democatic pride in our own country, a pride based on community not exclusion?

As everything written by John Harris, very much worth reading.

[My own take would be to see these developments in Gramscian terms as a hegemonic move by the far right: occupying cultural ground in preparation of the political takeover.]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/24/flag-hard-right-prejudice-england

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