The vice-president has waded in on the row over the depiction of the St George’s Cross in protest against immigration
JD Vance urged people to “push back against the crazies” who object to flying the English flag, in another transatlantic intervention from the US vice-president into freedom of expression.
Vance did not hold back when asked to comment on the summer grassroots campaign Operation Raise the Colours, which resulted in councils in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets pulling down flags from lampposts and bridges.
