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British ‘flag protests’ a warning over failure of immigration controls
Frustration over rising numbers of “small boat” arrivals is taking form in displays of Union and English flags.
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As the protest movement shows no signs of abating, politicians in London are now panicking.
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It began as an apparently harmless, even charming pursuit. Over the past month and across Britain – from coastal places in south England to northern market squares – the Union flag and the English St George’s flag started being hoisted on lampposts, shopfronts and flagpoles.
Yet such supposedly unconnected local gestures have now turned into a powerful grassroots movement, an act of political defiance against British immigration policies that many voters believe are being pursued against their will.
