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'It's an act of solidarity:' Sadiq Khan defends bid to fly EU flag above City Hall on Brexit anniversary day [3 mins]
23/06/2023
Sadiq Khan has defended his blocked attempt to fly the EU flag above his office on the seventh anniversary of the referendum to leave the bloc while speaking to voters on LBC's Speak to Sadiq.
The anthem (and flag) of ASEAN - the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A regional bloc of 10 nations.
Activists hope to recreate scene witnessed at Last Night of the Proms in 2019.
A tale of two flags
22/08/2020
Two glorious banners, twelve lustrous golden stars above a dazzling white rose, assure every passer-by that there’s some corner of a Yorkshire lawn that is forever Europe.
The BBC has defended a decision to ban the audience of its ‘Eurovision: You Decide’ programme from waving EU flags.
To hand out EU Flags at the Last Night of the BBC Proms.
Downing Street reveals plans for a light show and a cabinet trip to the north as the Big Ben bonging brouhaha rumbles on.
Some of Boris Johnson's new neighbours aren't pleased the ex-prime minister has moved to their village, and they're taking their revenge by loudly flying the EU flag in their gardens.
Brexit Day celebrations to include flying Union flag from buildings and Big Ben bonging the moment UK leaves EU
12/01/2020
Ministers are preparing celebrations for 31 January but are wary of alienating Remainers.
Brexit party MEPs lobbied for a ‘last days of empire’ style ceremony but senior MEPs opt for ‘dignified’ low-key event.
On the seventh anniversary of the Brexit referendum, London’s City Hall and the Mayor of London’s office have been banned from flying the EU flag outside City Hall.
SCOTS have bid farewell to the European Commission's Edinburgh base after it posted a video showing the removal of its EU flag. / While the European Parliament is set to keep its Scotland office beyond Brexit, the Commission will no longer operate from Edinburgh's Alva Street.
Presiding officer Ken Macintosh said the flag will come down at 11pm on January 31, when the UK leaves the EU.
The British government says the national flag should fly on all government buildings every day instead of only on special occasions like the opening of Parliament and Queen Elizabeth II's birthday
The Greater London Authority has been banned from raising the Council of Europe flag, despite the UK still being a member.
A DUTCH city has marked its solidarity for post-Brexit Scotland by replacing the Union Jack flag with a Saltire.
MSPs could force the Parliament officials to let the EU flag fly at Holyrood after Brexit.
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has ordered officials at the Scottish parliament to keep the European flag flying after the UK leaves the EU on Friday.
Nigel Farage Makes One Final Cringeworthy Scene In Brussels As He's Told: 'Put Your Flags Away'
29/01/2020
British Twitter users distance themselves from Brexit Party stirring up trouble as vote ratifies exit deal.
Sadiq Khan unable to fly EU flag at City Hall on seven-year anniversary due to 2021 law change [1 min]
23/06/2023
Many flags, such as national flags and that of the United Nations, are exempt from requiring permission - but not the EU flag. / City Hall is unable to fly the EU flag outside its Newham HQ on the anniversary of Brexit, after a 2021 change to legislation means it could be prosecuted unless planning permission is granted.
Government accused of criminalising flying of Brussels flag. / Sadiq Khan’s City Hall office was told it could be prosecuted for flying the EU flag on the anniversary of the Brexit referendum as a goodwill gesture.
Tom Swarbrick struggled to keep his composure after hearing from one man who voted for Brexit because he spotted a conspiracy in the stars of the EU flag.
Surely we can do better than sticking British flag logos onto German-owned, Japanese-made trains?
Thousands of European flags waved at Last Night of the Proms thanks to anti-Brexit campaigners
14/09/2019
The BBC was forced to broadcast scenes of Last Night of the Proms attendees waving European flags after anti-Brexit campaigners handed out thousands.
Scottish government buildings will be allowed to continue flying the EU flag alongside the saltire every day of the year, the SNP has said.
Sam Smith told demonstrators he was going to report them to the "anti-democracy police", before Manchester officers intervened and he ended up paying them for the flags.
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