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Man dies after falling from lamppost putting up Union Jack flag

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  • carpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    Archive https://archive.is/FjRxL

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      jinx

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        consider me owned 07

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    Operation Raise the Colours is a 2025 campaign movement in the United Kingdom, consisting of groups that display the Union Flag and the Saint George’s Cross in public places, as well as the flags of the other constituent countries of the UK. The campaign began in August 2025 and has particularly aroused controversy around the Flag of England due to its history of use by anti-immigration nationalists. It has involved tying flags to lampposts and painting them onto mini-roundabouts.

    Supporters of the campaign say that this is with the aim of promoting patriotism. It has found support from members of the Conservative Party, Reform UK, Advance UK, and the Labour Party. The campaign has also been supported by several figures and organisations associated with the far-right, including the fascist political party Britain First and the anti-Islam campaigner Tommy Robinson.

    Opinion polling has shown that both white and ethnic minority adults surveyed tend to see the campaign as primarily being an expression of an anti-migrant or anti-ethnic minority message, rather than of patriotism

    Just in case anyone was feeling sorry for this gammon crab-party

    • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Thanks for the context!

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      groups that display the Union Flag and the Saint George’s Cross

      There’s some difference between these two. The first is cringe but otherwise run of the mill tory, the second is EDL shit. US equivalent would be flying the official US flag vs flying the Confederate flag.

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    Blood and cracking his head on the soil

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      michael-laugh

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    more like paul timber

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    rip bozo

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    say whatever about him posting ukkk on lamp posts, a death from a slip and fall really is pretty fucked.

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    Critical support to the ladder.

    Imagine living in Bristol and thinking that the place doesn’t feel British enough.

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    youre-laughing You’re laughing, he died posting jack and you’re laughing?

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      TIMBER!

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    packwatch

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    TF is the Manchester Evening News writing about this for? The guy was from Bristol.

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      Because UK moment. Liverpool Echo may as well be North West Echo at this point.

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    lol, owned

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    Jack fell down and broke his crown

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    Me Eels!

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    Oof he’s deed. Anyways.

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