Rather than political, it’s purely aesthetic. It’s pints in beer gardens ... obvs), it’s time for us to plaster the Union Jack across our tits and scream “ENG-ER-LAND!” ...

The most recent incident in London saw a south-east London business owner ordered to get rid of a Union flag mural from the side of his award-winning fish and chip shop in Greenwich.

Open racists, they liked nothing better than to harass frizzy-haired young men like me and wave the Union Jack. One of my clearest memories is the sound of broken glass outside Camden Tube station.

For some, the union jack is celebratory, patriotic and evokes a feeling of national pride, but for others, the display is hubristic and the flag is symbolic of elitism, colonialism and fascism.

THE national flag of the United Kingdom is also commonly known as the Union Jack The flag is also sometimes known as the Union Flag - so which name is correct? Both Union Jack and Union Flag are ...