I confronted men putting up England flags in my area - I left feeling optimistic

I confronted men putting up England flags in my area - I left feeling optimistic

When you walk or drive through an area that was once devoid of flags, but now every lamppost is festooned with a St George’s cross or Union Jack, how does it make you feel? I know how it makes me feel. I grew up in the 1980s when the only people who draped themselves in those pieces of cloth would sing: “Oh, when the lights are flashing, we’ll go P**i bashing!” Over time we reclaimed the flag from the racists. Rule Britannia became Cool Britanni…