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Sir Gareth Southgate says row over flying St George's flag risks wrecking national 'unity'

Sir Gareth Southgate has insisted there is more to ‘bond us all than separate us’

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2025

Pitch invaders disrupt League Two game in ‘Gary Neville is a traitor’ flag protest

Salford’s match with Oldham was briefly disrupted when two men in anti-Gary Neville shirts tried to plant a cross of St George flag in the centre circle

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2025

‘Miracle’ mum who lost 22 pints of blood giving birth returns to thank NHS staff that saved her life

Harriet Paget, 36, was so touched by care she received at St George’s Hospital she named her daughter after a consultant

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025

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

In Manchester and beyond creative responses to the unwelcome message of ‘raise the colours’ are appearing

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2025

UK and St George’s flags should never be used to ‘intimidate and terrify’, says senior Lib Dem

‘How dare the nationalists steal our flags?’ asks Tim Farron at party conference in Bournemouth

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025

The nuance of flags – why one symbol can have many meanings

Across England, flags are visible like never before. They are being hoisted on lamp-posts. Hastily painted representations of the St George’s flag, typically little more than a couple of red lines painted on an available white background, are popping up on mini-roundabouts and other surfaces.

The Conversation · Sep 19, 2025

St George’s cross appears on Westbury white horse monument

Wiltshire landmark assessed for damage after red fabric pinned across it to form England flag

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025

Tuchel may scorn politics, but his England team cannot escape their symbolism

As toxic nationalism spills over into our shared spaces, the England shirt is freighted with meaning for better or worse

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

How flying a flag can take on a whole new meaning

Letters: Cllr Phil Davis says the St George’s flag is being used in a far-right attempt at intimidation, while Neil Knowles says it no longer means what it used to. Plus letters from Lorna Walker and Nelson A Rocha

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Spraying of St George's Cross on clothes bank outside mosque being investigated by police as 'hate crime'

The first St George’s Cross was removed, but another was sprayed on the bank and reported to police the same day

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2025