The citizens of a nation should feel free to wave their national flags. The American’s do, the Russians, the Canadians, the Indians and the French do. Of course there are some nations where the more nationalistic aspects of flag waving is frowned upon, such as Germany and primarily this is because of Germany’s 20^th century history, but such concerns do not and should not apply to countries like England.

The English have nothing out of the ordinary to be ashamed of or to feel guilty about. English history is no different from the history of many other nations in that it contains both good bits and bad bits. It also contains parts that we should be extraordinary proud of, such as suppressing the African slave trade, at great cost to the nation and its finances.

The British should not feel ashamed of their flag. They should fly it with the same lack of embarrassment that the citizens of the other Home Nations and those who live in foreign nations have. Unfortunately there are many on the Left who have an ideological animus against England.

This Left, the sort of left described by Orwell as the type of people who would rather steal from a poor box than stand for the national anthem, has managed to unfairly associate the flag of England with ‘racism’. This has a negative effect on both the English and their ability to fly and honour the English national flag.

The commentator Mercy Muroki remarks on how denigrated the England flag has become in English society because of the culture war waged against the English by the Left.

She reported an overheard conversation that is as Ms Muroki described it ‘Quite sad’.