THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - UK Govt Minister Calls for Removal of ‘Unsettling, Intimidating’ British Flags.
A minister from the governing Labour Party in the United Kingdom has described the British flag as "unsettling, intimidating and othering."
Labour government minister and Member of Parliament Sarah Sackman has faced backlash after urging the removal of British flags from a north London borough and describing the flags as symbols of “division and intimidation.” PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A minister from the governing Labour Party in the United Kingdom has described the British flag as “unsettling, intimidating, and othering.” DETAIL: Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley and Golders Green and Minister of State for Courts and Legal Services Sarah Sackman has called for the removal of British flags displayed on public lampposts in Barnet, north London. Sackman described the flags as “unsettling, intimidating, and othering.” Sackman criticized the flags in…Open
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