Why have thousands of St. George and Union Jack flags gone?

St. George and Union Jack flags are going to cities, towns and villages in recent weeks – but why?

While many people were flying the flag to please the lioness during 2025 euros, thousands of people appeared during August – many joined the lamppost.

Groups responsible for the flags have told the BBC that they are inspired by pride and patriotism. But other people have said that it seems stimulating at a time when tension in England is increasing on immigration.

The issue has also caused a headache for the councils, some officials in the Midlands have changed their stance within days whether the flag should be removed from the road furniture or not.

At least one police force has started an investigation into criminal damage after St. George Cross was depicted on a mini-roundabout.

There is a look here how the flag debate came out.

In July, St. George’s flag increased as the speed of Lionus’ Euro campaign.

Weeks later, there was a mixture of St. George Cross and Union Jack in the suburbs of Voli Castle in Birmingham and Northfield, which was hanging from every lampapost with many of its roads. In Wythal and Hollywood villages, a few miles, dozens of people appeared almost overnight.

The vision of the flag flying equally in a row with residential roads and the streets of the country, was warmly welcomed by many people commenting on Facebook.

A group called themselves Woli Warrior, claiming responsibility, saying “Birmingham and the rest of the country were a group of proud English men with a general goal to show how pride in our history, freedom and achievements”.

The fact is that both flags have been used as a symbol for far-flung political movements, however, it means that some residents in Birmingham were uncomfortable with some of those who supported the crusade of Voli Warriors.

There has been some confusion on this.

After viewing the rapid flag across the city, the Birmingham City Council issued a security petition on August 15, connecting them with lamppost and other road furniture, due to maintenance work.

A spokesperson said the authority was upgrading the streetlights to energy-efficient LED lighting and had so far removed about 200 banners and flags from the city roads since the beginning of the year.

“People who engage unauthorized items into lamppost can put their lives and motorists and pedestrians at risk,” he said.

However, many people questioned the council’s argument to remove the flag on social media.

Questions have also been raised on why a small number of Palestinian flags blown from lamppost was not taken down.

On Wednesday, the city council confirmed that it did not remove any England flag during August.

It states: “We proudly blow the union flag outside the Council House every day and recognize the importance of the flag and flag of St. George as a symbol of national pride. The broom is proud to be British and proud that it is a welcome city that celebrates many different cultures.

“When it comes to lamppost items, it is a general council process to be removed regularly, according to our health and safety obligations.”

Somewhere else, Tower Hamlets, in London, where flags were placed several days later, the council workers were depicted to take something down, indicating anger in the community.

The flag of the suggestion will be taken down, many people will be angry.

Flag rows appeared to be visible in other cities and villages overnight, including Vessarashire, Bradford, Newcastle and Norwich in Bromsgrove and Worster.

The movement fuel by social media has got a name – Operation Rise the Colors.

People are painted to blow as high flags as possible using cherry picker and ladder.

In and around Birmingham, more than £ 18,000 has been raised to support the Union of St. George flags and crosses to keep the crosses, while more than 4,000 people have also signed a petition, signing a petition to prevent the local authority from removing the flag.

A man in the Worster, Tom Conway, Told BBC this week He himself placed more than 400 flags.

St. George Cross also appeared on roundabouts at Birmingham and Bromsgrove, with a video of a man on the road in a full scene of a police officer.

Some people living in Kings Heath, Birmingham said near a roundabout that there was a barbarity that the cash -stapped council could not bear the risk of fixing the stapped council – although many people on Facebook appreciated the efforts of the mystery artist.

On Wednesday, the West Mercia police said that it had started a criminal damage investigation on the painting of the traffic islands, while the West Middlelands police confirmed that it was paying attention to the issue.

In Warsestershair, reform UK led the County Council.

In a statement, he said that he is not taking any flag flying from lamppost or other road furniture down.

But Councilor Carl Perks came out very strongly on the roundabouts painted.

He said, “What I cannot do is the work of barbarity, the cost of taxpayers’ money.

“This act of barbarity will cost to improve the money of our County Council. As a cabinet member for highways for the Vester Seshire County Council, I will demand criminal damage so that every other taxpayer in the county does not pay for it.”

A video on social media shows at least one roundabout in Bromsgrove, whose red cross is covered with white paint.

While some people living in the area have seen flags, they are happy to see the performances, others have said that they find them scared.

Some have questioned the motive behind the movement, in which St. George’s flag is associated with something.

A person who lives close to Woodthorpe Road in Kings Heath, where a roundabout was brutally vandalized, said it is “not patriotism, it looks like an excuse for zenophobia”.

“There are better ways to show pride – ways that are inclusive and respectable, do not resort to barbarity,” he said.

Another woman living in Kings Heath said: “They make me feel very uncomfortable and do not represent me.”

There are some reasons that some people associated the flag with the right groups, Vaxilologist (who studies the flag) Malcom Ferre said, because Britain has never been a nation that has often blowed flags and hence “Nutr extremists” are capable of kidnapping them as their own symbols.

Mosle’s resident and political activist Fammy Olawale added people who have caused the most damage to the reputation of the flag, “who use it to justify the movements that harm the UK, which divide us into a country”.

Sabiha Aziz, a local preacher of ACocks Green, said it was a “crying shame” that “far right” exploited the flag, so that they “symbolize hatred and division”.

His views were supported by many people who spoke to the BBC.

Labor FrontBencher has not debated in large quantities.

On Monday, the official spokesperson of the Sir Kir Stmper said: “I think the PM has always talked about his pride of being British, and he feels patriotic.

“Patriotism will always be an important thing for him.”