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Goodbye to The Union JackBROWN FLAGS UP EUROPE ROW
DAILY STAR SUNDAY
17th February 2008
By Stephen Paul
LAW changes have been pushed through by Gordon Brown so the Union Flag over Downing Street can be pulled down and replaced with that of the European Union.
And fuming Tory MPs fear that our treasured flag could be replaced by the blue banner with 12 gold stars as early as May 9.
The Daily Star Sunday has obtained evidence that the Prime Minister has already tried unsuccessfully to replace the Union Flag over Downing Street with the EU banner.
An application to Westminster City Council asked for “consent to fly the European flag on May 9 2006”.
It was made by Number 11 when Mr Brown was Chancellor.
The date – Europe Day – marks the anniversary of the creation of what is now the EU in 1950.
But we can reveal that rule changes buried in Government consultation documents last summer gave the EU flag the same status as a national flag.
And that means this Europe Day will be the first one where Downing Street will NOT need to ask permission before flying the EU flag from its rooftops.
Eric Pickles, inset, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Local Government, said: “We already knew that Gordon Brown had raised the white flag of surrender to the EU Constitution.
“Now he has been exposed as trying to fly the EU flag over Downing Street.
“Every day under Labour, British identities and traditions are being eroded and the front door opened to a European super-state.”
Other parties are also furious. Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, said: “If anything illustrates this Government’s commitment to driving this country into a nation called Europe then this is it.”
Anti-EU campaigner Neil Herron, who has fought an eight-year battle over the right to sell fruit in British weight measures, said: “It’s an absolute disgrace.
“The EU is not the country nor is it the nation state. The flag should remain subordinate.”
Old laws meant only national flags could be flown without planning permission but as of last summer all flags can now be flown.
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Twong
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Nice one Anne 
Where do I sign up?
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lil eva
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SAVE OUR JACK
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Bravo
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| lufc4eva wrote: | SAVE OUR JACK
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That flag look crap, so I messed about with it:
I added this:
to this:
And got this:
Looks quite nice if I say so myself 
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Twong
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Jolufc
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| Bravo wrote: | | lufc4eva wrote: | SAVE OUR JACK
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That flag look crap, so I messed about with it:
I added this:
to this:
And got this:
Looks quite nice if I say so myself |
Love it
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Chrissy Canadian
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| Twong wrote: | |
oh wow i didn't know thats how your flag came about. we have only had our maple leaf flag since 1965 and before that it had the union jack in the corner
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Twong
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Aye
And this government IS eroding our heritage
I bet our dead are turning in their graves!
How many have lost their lives fighting for this once great nation...
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Chrissy Canadian
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hmmmmm seems like england is not as traditional as i thought... i've been learning a lot lately
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lil eva
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| Twong wrote: | Nice one Anne
Where do I sign up?
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Dave the Penguin
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The only thing our Nation can do is to rebuild her empire.
Lets go Conquer Europe Kick the shit out off the Europrats in Brussels and tell THEM what to do..
We are British....We should NOT be taking orders from those who have lost every war they have fought in.....
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Chrissy Canadian
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| Dave the Penguin wrote: | The only thing our Nation can do is to rebuild her empire.
Lets go Conquer Europe Kick the shit out off the Europrats in Brussels and tell THEM what to do..
We are British....We should NOT be taking orders from those who have lost every war they have fought in..... |
well, you still got canada (well sort of, except we signed a new agreement with you in 1982 when we got our on charter of rights, but we are still a member of the commonwealth) i always remember as a kid singing that song, rule britannia, britannia rule the waves...haha we also used to sing god save the queen in elementary school after we sang oh canada
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Dave the Penguin
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I would love to live in Canada, your cities are clean and tidy, you don't have any Chav's and NO F*cking Muslims trying to take over your country!
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Chrissy Canadian
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| Dave the Penguin wrote: | | I would love to live in Canada, your cities are clean and tidy, you don't have any Chav's and NO F*cking Muslims trying to take over your country! |
thanks dave, we would love to have you here as well but it's not perfect here either, we do have a lot of problems
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Dave the Penguin
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I have travelled across Canada From Quebec to Vancouver and I was amazed at what a fantastic country it is.......Then I flew back into Scumchester Airport and walked outside and thought.........
WHAT THE F*CK DID I COME BACK FOR!
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Chrissy Canadian
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oh cool i didnt know that  so what was your favourite part?
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Dave the Penguin
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| Chrissy Canadian wrote: | | oh cool i didnt know that so what was your favourite part? |
Hard to choose really........I loved Banff in the Rockies and also Niagara Falls and Lake Louise
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Chrissy Canadian
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yes, aren't the rocky mountains awesome! they are the great dividing line between where i live in bc and the rest of the country, and we like it that way
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Dave the Penguin
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You have the Rockies to keep out the French-Canadians and we have the Pennines to keep out the scum!
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Chrissy Canadian
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| Dave the Penguin wrote: | | You have the Rockies to keep out the French-Canadians and we have the Pennines to keep out the scum! |
hehe, you got it baby
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Twong
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| Dave the Penguin wrote: | | You have the Rockies to keep out the French-Canadians and we have the Pennines to keep out the scum! |
 We're not ALL scum on the West-Side!
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