A Labour-run council has sparked a major backlash by tearing down St George’s and Union Jack flags from streets because they ‘could put lives at risk’ – despite Palestinian flags flying high across the city for several months.
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith accused Birmingham City Council of piling ‘bias and absurdity on top of their utter incompetence’, pointing out they have managed to find workers to take down flags after months of bin strikes.
Scores of British flags have sprung up on lampposts and buildings across parts of Northfield, Birmingham, in what organisers have described as a ‘patriotic outpouring’.
