Cllr Gareth KitchenThe Express reports that Labour-run Brighton and Hove Council has ‘become the latest’ local authority to demand the removal of St George’s Cross flags from its streets.
Zoe Nicholson, the Green Party leader of nearby Lewes District Council, is quoted:
Tre are many positive cultural associations with the St George’s Cross flag that should be, and are, celebrated… However, it is deeply regrettable that the flag has also been hijacked by individuals and groups promoting extremist ideologies, the very ones this nation fought against [in the Second World War]. My hope is that the true meaning of the St George’s Cross flag can be reclaimed by the vast majority of good people in this country, for the honourable and unifying values it truly represents.
