Letter: Shropshire Star

Time for a flap over flags use

I would like to thank both Robert Jenkins and Councillor John Smart for replying to me.

I remember the battle to have the Union Flag flown over the council buildings.

The Queen commands that if the EU flag is flown then the Union Flag must also be flown in a superior position so how they got away with it for so long in the first place is a mystery.

Hopefully people power will prevail again and we will see our national flag, the Cross of St George, flown in place of the EU nag.

Giving the flag of the EU the same status as our national flags at a time when one of the EU's own surveys shows that the majority of Britons are euro sceptic shows that the British government sees England as nothing more than a collection of European regions and not a country at alL

Telford & Wrekm Council carried out a survey a few years ago amongst their carefully selected community panel, the results of which determined which lags fly over the buildings.

As the results of the survey included the EU flag, the chief executive of the council hasn't made any effort to see what people want now.

Every where I go in Telford I see English flags on people's cars and flags hanging from their windows.

How many cars do you see with EU flags on them?

Stuart Parr
Telford