Flag of the United Kingdom

The flag of the United Kingdom is the national flag of the United Kingdom. The flag also has official status in Canada, by parliamentary resolution, where it is known as the Royal Union Flag. Additionally, it is used as an official flag in some of the smaller British overseas territories.

Quotes

• The Labour Party hate the concept of Englishness. They have done for a very long time. New Labour can't even stand the concept of patriotism. They think the flag somehow is unpleasant, backward-looking and nasty. People like Emily Thornberry would rather we had that blue flag with 12 stars on it that comes to us from Brussels.
  • Nigel Farage, Miliband: Thornberry's 'white van, flag' tweet lacked respect BBC News (21 November 2014)

• We're not British, we're not Saxon we're not English. We're Irish and proud we are to be. So fuck your Union Jack; we want our country back. We want to see old Ireland free once more.
  • Thomas Skelly, "Go On Home, British Soldiers"

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Flag of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia
• Media related to Flags of the United Kingdom on Wikimedia Commons