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Tory plans to fly Union flags on all government buildings ridiculed
‘Flags won’t undo the poverty and hardship the Tories have created over the last decade,’ the SNP's Mhairi Black says
Union flags line The Mall leading to Buckingham Palace
THE Tory government is facing widespread ridicule over its plans to fly more Union Jack flags in a bid to “unite” the nation and discourage Scottish independence.
New guidance published this week requires that the flag be flown outside all UK government buildings every day.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said that the gesture would be a “proud reminder of our history and the ties that bind us,” spuriously claiming that “people rightly expect it to be flown above UK government buildings.”
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