"Who wants to get up and sing, 'Britons never, never shall be slaves,' when the health and safety Nazis are making a mockery of our freedom?"
Flag banned at Last Night of the Proms, whatever next?
"Who wants to get up and sing, 'Britons never, never shall be slaves,' when the health and safety Nazis are making a mockery of our freedom?"
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All seems a bit surreal if I am honest. Unless the flag was lead-lined or prone to tying itself around peoples neck then the h & S issue is far fetched.
I could understand if it was some heavy canvass or tarpaulin banner as they could potentially be a bit more dangerous. But a flag!?
But a flag!?
Could have knocked someone's pint over I suppose...
Reminds me of an incident when I went to watch England play India at the Oval(Kennington not E.Belfast!). Halfway through the first morning's play, a stewart waded into the middle of the crowd where we were sitting and confiscated a St George's Cross on the basis that someone had complained about it being waved (not in a provocative way mind, just about it being waved). There was a moment of silent disbelief and then all hell broke loose. The guy in question got thrown out for his admitedly OTT reaction, but there was a serious chance of crowd disorder and for the first time at any cricket match I've been at, the police were drafted in.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, news of the incident spread and the next day there was a sea right round the ground of St George's and Union flags and an almost constant refrain of "Stand up if you Love England!!!" and "Rule Britannia". The stewarts kept a low profile that day!!
So the lesson is come back with reinforcements!
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