Welsh dragon call for the Union Flag

[Rotary Crewman]

Great little website which answered a few questions I had.

Thanks!

[Happy Times]

From the website...

"In 2003, a campaign was launched to try and modernise the red, white and blue flag by adding a touch of black to reflect multicultural Britain in the 21st Century. The proposed new flag (see right) was the work of Nigel Turner, an enthusiastic fan of the UK's transformation into a multiracial society over the past 50 years. The campaign was sucessful."



http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...nionjack6.html

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Happy Times

From the website...

"In 2003, a campaign was launched to try and modernise the red, white and blue flag by adding a touch of black to reflect multicultural Britain in the 21st Century. The proposed new flag (see right) was the work of Nigel Turner, an enthusiastic fan of the UK's transformation into a multiracial society over the past 50 years. The campaign was sucessfulululul."



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Nigel Turner is a loon who has no influence in art, politics, history or any other
discipline that might give him the slightest authority on what a flag should look like or
represent.

It is foolish to pay the slightest attention to him.
There are hundreds of idiots, no more remarkable than him, across the globe.

The only reason this got in the news at all was because of it's base, sensationalist value.

[Rotary Crewman]

How exactly was it successful? I haven't seen one flying

[Letum]

Originally Posted by Rotary Crewman

How exactly was it successful?

It got in the sunday papers.

In Nigel Turner's insular world, (totaly disconected from any other) this means it "raised awareness".

In reality it caused a right wing media frenzy amongst all the lowest-common-denominator papers who, quite rightly, lambasted him to within a inch of him noticeing what a idiot the rest of the country found him to be.

[Rotary Crewman]

Originally Posted by Letum

It got in the sunday papers.

Ah, thanks for clearing it up. I do love our press...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Rotary Crewman

Great little website which answered a few questions I had.

Thanks!

Me, too.

Thanks!

[Reaves]

Let's put it this way.

UK changes the flag and we (plus many other Commonwealth nations) change our flag to not have the jack in it anymore.

I don't want that to happen.

[STEED]

This topic is on the radio as I type this post out and it's a HOT topic.


The Brits are ringing in to the show saying no, one went as far to say it's time to wage war on the Welsh.

[Rotary Crewman]

Yes! Lets rise up and fight the Welsh!

Lets march over the border with our Army...well they are all busy so maybe our Territorial Army...oh yeah they are all busy as well, well our Marines and Paras....oh they are busy too...

Nevermind, lets just leave it.

[XabbaRus]

Cut out the red dragon and stick it in the middle of the red cross.....

[mrbeast]

Wales can't appear appear on the flag because

a. Technically its part of England and has been sice the 13th Century. Therefore it is represented by the cross of St George as the national flag of England.

b. Its a principality and not a kingdom. The Union Flag only shows the kingdoms that make up the United Kingdom of England, Ireland an Scotland.

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Originally Posted by Rotary Crewman

Yes! Lets rise up and fight the Welsh!

Lets march over the border with our Army...well they are all busy so maybe our Territorial Army...oh yeah they are all busy as well, well our Marines and Paras....oh they are busy too...

Nevermind, lets just leave it.

Hang on, my parents just moved to Ystalyfera. Let me get them out before you go in there and mess things up