To be 'proud' of being English as depicted in Billy Bragg's
The Few which I referred to several posts above but no-one has taken up is sinful and racist. It is also extremely ignorant, disrespectful and doing exactly what the far right wants; dividing the population against itself. Banning the flying of a St George's flag is entirely justified in view of the way it's meaning has been hijacked and besmirched to such an extent that the perception of most nowadays is that it represents to them the kind of mentality portrayed in the song. In London, St George's Day is celebrated with Morris Dancing in Covent Garden and on the South Bank but the reaction of tourists, English and not alike, to the appearance of St George's flags is to ask who England is playing at football. Unless and until the national emblem is reclaimed it's best left unfurled.