The lyrics to The Red Flag are indeed "strong", to say the least. One needs to bear in mind the class society in the UK at the time the Labour party was forming, and it was this that gave rise to the amazing fervour and zeal within the song. We were discussing, only this week, the line that "we will not change its colour now", as it appears to most independent people that Labour, traditionally red, have moved into Conservative territory, traditionally blue. The concensus was that at the very least it should be called The Mauve Flag"