@bristolboy @wood5y

where I live and work in Suffolk there have been people flying Union Flags and St George's flag on their own property for years (its particularly common in the rural areas).

I thought they were just trying to LARP as Americans and didn't have any issue with it, but the problem here is large groups of men descending on areas without permission and putting up these flags on public infrastructure (ironically even groups of men from immigrant communities who might occasionally hang out on street corners (but are mostly harmless) don't do anything like this..