America's new vice-president has delivered a blistering attack on critics of the English flag, telling Britons they must "push back against the crazies" who try to shame people out of displaying their national symbol.
JD Vance launched the explosive intervention when quizzed about the summer's Operation Raise the Colours campaign - which saw councils in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets rip down patriotic flags from lampposts and bridges, reports The Times.
The 41-year-old Republican, who spent time holidaying in Britain this summer, has repeatedly waded into UK freedom of speech rows since taking office. The intervention comes as residents joke that painting Union flags will get fridges ‘collected quicker’.
Fox News host Will Cain asked Vance about reports that "the English flag has simultaneously become controversial and patriotic" - prompting the vice-president to recall how his own friend was too scared to fly the Stars and Stripes during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots.
Fly the Flag of St George or Union Jack upside down oso can. No problem.
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