Union flag

British

noun

Often called: Union Jack. the national flag of the United Kingdom, being a composite design composed of St George's Cross (England), Saint Andrew's Cross (Scotland), and Saint Patrick's Cross (Ireland)

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Therefore, "the issue of the flying of the Union flag from government buildings is for individual ministerial discretion".

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Once or twice, I carried the Union flag.

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Union flags and St George's flags have been appearing in communities across the country and have divided opinion.

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About 200 people gathered outside the Epping Forest District Council building where a woman climbed the steps and unfurled a Union flag before being detained by officers after refusing to leave.

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Saltire and Union flags were waved and there were also signs reading "save our futures and our kids' futures", the name of a group that called the protest.

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