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garinda · 14-06-2010, 08:16

In the seventies you did see the National Front marching with the Union flag.

However, if you ask most people today about the national flag being ambushed, and used for self promotion, Gerri Halliwell's dress at the Brits in 1997, and the whole Cool Britannia thing, such as Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit, draped in said flag on the cover of Vanity Fair in the same year, comes up more than any association with any far-right extremists, except in the eyes of wooly liberals, who are too keen to see offence, when there isn't any.

14-06-2010, 08:16	#69
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16467	Re: Lancashire County Council Flag Ban In the seventies you did see the National Front marching with the Union flag. However, if you ask most people today about the national flag being ambushed, and used for self promotion, Gerri Halliwell's dress at the Brits in 1997, and the whole Cool Britannia thing, such as Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit, draped in said flag on the cover of Vanity Fair in the same year, comes up more than any association with any far-right extremists, except in the eyes of wooly liberals, who are too keen to see offence, when there isn't any. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.