-:Undertaker:-
31-03-2014, 11:53 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593781/Scot-free-Union-Jack-gets-Yes-vote-makeover-Secret-Government-papers-reveal-flag-look-Scotland-votes-independence.html
Scot-free! Union Jack gets a Yes vote makeover: Secret Government papers reveal how flag will look if Scotland votes for independence
- Symbol has represented Britain for two centuries and is respected globally
- Plans would see the cross of St Andrew ditched from the design
- Would be the first change since 1801, when Ireland's red saltire was added
- Details revealed by a Downing Street adviser as he stepped out of his car
For more than two centuries it has been respected around the world as a sign of Britain’s greatness.
Now the Union Jack, the nation’s proudest symbol, is poised to get a history-making new look – minus the Scottish saltire.
Secret Government papers propose ditching the cross of St Andrew, a white X on a blue background, that makes up a third of the current design if Scotland votes for independence, the Daily Mail can reveal today.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/31/article-2593781-1CBA016D00000578-823_634x802.jpg
That would leave a modified Union Jack comprising only the red cross of St George – representing England and Wales – and the red saltire of Ireland’s St Patrick.
The dramatic change to our national flag – the first since 1801, when St Patrick’s cross was added – was accidentally revealed in confidential papers carried by a Government adviser in Downing Street.
Briefing notes seen as he stepped from a ministerial car show a detailed design for the new flag and appear to list strategies for introducing it post-referendum.
The Daily Mail can confirm that the Scot-free flag is already in production at Britain’s longest-established producer.
Undercover pictures taken inside Flagmakers of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, show a red and white design exactly as described on the Downing Street papers.
Whilst i'm sceptical of when ministers 'accidently' show 'secret' papers, this is horrific news. I have to say though that the Union flag is the flag I was born under and it'll always be my flag till the day I die. But whether I can still support the Union in practical terms over the coming years is another question - i'm dead set against a federal model but that appears to be where it's moving. The day that Scotland moves to devomax or more devolution occurs is the day when I support English independence.
Oh how I loathe and detest the Labour Party and specifically Tony Blair for bringing my great nation to the point of breaking up.
Thoughts?
Scot-free! Union Jack gets a Yes vote makeover: Secret Government papers reveal how flag will look if Scotland votes for independence
- Symbol has represented Britain for two centuries and is respected globally
- Plans would see the cross of St Andrew ditched from the design
- Would be the first change since 1801, when Ireland's red saltire was added
- Details revealed by a Downing Street adviser as he stepped out of his car
For more than two centuries it has been respected around the world as a sign of Britain’s greatness.
Now the Union Jack, the nation’s proudest symbol, is poised to get a history-making new look – minus the Scottish saltire.
Secret Government papers propose ditching the cross of St Andrew, a white X on a blue background, that makes up a third of the current design if Scotland votes for independence, the Daily Mail can reveal today.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/31/article-2593781-1CBA016D00000578-823_634x802.jpg
That would leave a modified Union Jack comprising only the red cross of St George – representing England and Wales – and the red saltire of Ireland’s St Patrick.
The dramatic change to our national flag – the first since 1801, when St Patrick’s cross was added – was accidentally revealed in confidential papers carried by a Government adviser in Downing Street.
Briefing notes seen as he stepped from a ministerial car show a detailed design for the new flag and appear to list strategies for introducing it post-referendum.
The Daily Mail can confirm that the Scot-free flag is already in production at Britain’s longest-established producer.
Undercover pictures taken inside Flagmakers of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, show a red and white design exactly as described on the Downing Street papers.
Whilst i'm sceptical of when ministers 'accidently' show 'secret' papers, this is horrific news. I have to say though that the Union flag is the flag I was born under and it'll always be my flag till the day I die. But whether I can still support the Union in practical terms over the coming years is another question - i'm dead set against a federal model but that appears to be where it's moving. The day that Scotland moves to devomax or more devolution occurs is the day when I support English independence.
Oh how I loathe and detest the Labour Party and specifically Tony Blair for bringing my great nation to the point of breaking up.
Thoughts?