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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Activist behind flag raising campaign charged with 14 offences

Ryan Bridge, co-founder of the Raise the Colours flag campaign, speaks on the third day of the annual Reform UK party conference at the NEC in Birmingham, central England on September 5, 2026. - (AFP/Getty)

The founder of a flag campaign group that put up hundreds of Union Jack and St George’s Cross flags across England has been charged with fourteen offences.

Ryan Bridge, who is the leader of the Raise the Colours group, has been charged with racially aggravated harassment, threatening behaviour, and common assault.

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