Following this
a very perceptive resident has had their say.
‘I drove down there the day after, and only 3 flags were flying; the others were either wrapped around the poles in the wind or stuck to the posts as they were soaking wet. It looked neither ‘great’ nor patriotic. Even if the council had done it, the flags still just looked embarrassing.
It’s actually quite sad that people were more excited about a racist coming into our community to stick some cheap flags on lamp posts than the mural finished the same week under the same road. The mural is the sort of thing that makes me proud to live here, not some cheap Chinese-made flags cable-tied to lamp posts by grifters living off monetised social media content & donations by racists who think these idiots are saving the country.
I still can’t quite work out if those that claim it’s just ‘patriotism’ are stupid or think everyone else is stupid.
I think the violence at the weekend at both the conference and on the streets is out of desperation & frustration. Reform voters can see the organisation crumbling before their eyes and are lashing out, and boat-crossing numbers are going down, leaving racists with no trump card to play.’
The contributor has asked to remain anonymous for fear of how some in the community have a tendency to respond.
