Friday 1 January 2021

New identities

Staffordshire flag, and UK flag

Brexit Day - the UK leaves the European Union today. 
We'll all be watching to see what the effects, on England+Scotland+Ireland+Wales, Britain, Europe, and the world, will be.

One thing that is predicted is that people will think harder about where their roots really are - and what their allegiances really are. 
This household clearly identifies not just with the United Kingdom (flag on the right) but with Staffordshire (flag on the left) too. Some EU flags are still around - an act of sorrow at leaving perhaps, or do those people feel European at heart? -, but a lot of flags of the St George Cross (England) too.
Curiously, a few 'world flags' (ie the United Nations flag) are also appearing on houses, which I have never seen before.



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