Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
Britain's largest local authority has gone to the High Court to stop people hanging the Union Flag and the St George's Cross from lampposts, with campaigners warning that a breach could mean up to two years behind bars.
Birmingham City Council filed the application this week as the latest move in a year-long war on "unauthorised attachments." The attachments in question are the flags of the country. The penalties being threatened include prison, unlimited fines, and seized assets.
Protesters who fly the Union Jack from lampposts could criminal proceedings if the injunction is granted.
BREAKING: Protesters who fly the Union Jack from lampposts could face two years in jail after Birmingham Council applied for an injunction. @PeterBleksley: "It's absolutely scandalous!"@TVKev pic.twitter.com/XExfsblLcR
— Talk (@TalkTV) August 26, 2026
Former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley called it what it is. "It's absolutely scandalous!"
The Free Speech Union described the move as "truly mental."
This is truly mental.
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