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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Chris Osuh Community affairs correspondent

British artists reclaim St George’s flag with a message of inclusivity

Three women hold a flag that says Everybody Welcome
Manchester artists take pride in their reclaimed St George’s flag. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Artists in Britain have customised St George’s flags with messages celebrating diversity, in response to a campaign in which national banners have been flown from lamp-posts, outside homes and painted on roundabouts.

While for many, flying the flag is a genuine expression of national pride, some flags have been graffitied on businesses and places of worship belonging to minority ethnic Britons, in some cases with slurs, after the launch of the operation “raise the colours”.

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