Royal Mail ban England Flags

[dave72]

I'm sure the main sorting office in my town has a flagpole and flag, have done for years

[chrisj]

Flagpole, flag outside office, or framed photo of the Queen inside etc is also great but individual flags and junk, might not be ideal in some offices.

Its only a game but some take things too far...

[Edward Hunter]

We live in England. Quite why anybody should have a problem with an England flag being flown, world cup or no world cup is beyond me.In fact if you do i think you may be better off living somewhere else. Its not compulsory to fly one btw. And lets be honest England probably only have a few more days left in the competeition anyway!

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Anyone got one displayed in their living room.

[2pints]

Truth be told some people just do it to wind up certain sections of society and are not even that "proud" to be english or have any interest in sport whatsoever.I live in a town that is probably 60% muslim now, i actually feel uncomfortable walking through the areas that are 100% muslim...but oh no..not the footy fans! They plaster their cars with flags,wear the england kits/caps and drive through these areas shouting "come on england!" So is that being proud/patriotic? Or is it simply trying to incite racial tension and have a pop?
That is obviously the extreme end of the scale i know some people are just fed up with not being able to have a nativity play in their kids school or being asked by the council to refrain from selling poppy's outside the church in case it causes offense to the local muslims... i could go on....and on about all the things that get us irate about it all but i think the whole england flag thing is just a bit tacky and obvious.Most of the proper footy fans i know have none of that going on.

Anyway why should it bother anyone? It should not bother you because you are at work.Do what you like after work.Why do people feel the need to have flags or caps etc at work?

[chrisj]

Anyone got one displayed in their living room.

Good point! Fair weather Englanders!

Its just a bloody show off thingy and bandwagon.

No one is against England flags as an official thing or in cars or people houses but we do not need folks cluttering the workplace with cheap tats.

In the same way as some Cemetry are beginning to cut down on those poundland decorations around tombstones - flowers - nice but cheap plastic stuff or huge banners and flags in public cemeteries is a bit OTT, to put it mildly

* I like the way they do it in some schools or places where all the flags are represented and pupils are put into adopted groups for each nation.

Its a game not a political statement!

[Edward Hunter]

Truth be told some people just do it to wind up certain sections of society and are not even that "proud" to be english or have any interest in sport whatsoever.I live in a town that is probably 60% muslim now, i actually feel uncomfortable walking through the areas that are 100% muslim...but oh no..not the footy fans! They plaster their cars with flags,wear the england kits/caps and drive through these areas shouting "come on england!" So is that being proud/patriotic? Or is it simply trying to incite racial tension and have a pop?
That is obviously the extreme end of the scale i know some people are just fed up with not being able to have a nativity play in their kids school or being asked by the council to refrain from selling poppy's outside the church in case it causes offense to the local muslims... i could go on....and on about all the things that get us irate about it all but i think the whole england flag thing is just a bit tacky and obvious.Most of the proper footy fans i know have none of that going on.

Anyway why should it bother anyone? It should not bother you because you are at work.Do what you like after work.Why do people feel the need to have flags or caps etc at work?

Why should it bother a muslim more than anyone else? If they were born here they are english too. If someone shouting "come on England" incites racial tension, i suggest they have a problem with living here not the other way round

[DB1100]

I'm not really bothered about England flags as it's only about kissball sorry football,but try and tell me I can't wear a poppy and then I would object.

[Kings Norton]

They must have a good walk when they can decorate their office or put flags on their frame only in my office we ain't got time for a p**s.

[NWpostie]

What's wrong with being proud to be English ? sounds to me a little Hitler that wants to stamp his authority on people, its petty and childish.

not everyone is English some people maybe offended by flags in there office

If they are that offended clearly it didn't deter them from working in the English part of the UK (and accepting Banknotes with "Bank of England" printed on it) they should expect that an English flag is bound to be flown at some point in that part of the country as also the Union flag for the United Kingdom, I am not offended if somebody flies Welsh/Irish/Scottish/Gibraltarian/Jamaican/Rastafarian etc.

Some people need to get a life.

[redheadedwoman]

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It looks all right to fly the flag at this office

[TrueBlueTerrier]

It looks organised so its likely that it was discussed before any flags went up. If people displayed flags without checking first, then I can understand why they were refused. Thats understand - not agree.

[Mezza]

Yet still nobody can show proof that there is a RM policy that prohibits the display of England flags.

Which for those that missed it, is what this thread was about in the first place.

[maisymoo04]

Got told to take mine down off my transit , no them crapy ones that sit on the window , apparently health and safety our dim said .in case it fly's off what the f@@@

[P13]

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It looks all right to fly the flag at this office

The guy on the right got the score the wrong way round