The BNP can be blamed for a lot of things, but the main reason I hate them is what they have done to the Union Jack flag {or the Union Flag). Some people now see the Union Jack as racist, it’s not. It is the most inclusive flag you can think of. It is the flag of the United Kingdom; It has the St Andrews Cross (Scotland), St George Cross (England) and St Patrick’s Cross (Ireland). Wales was not a Kingdom but a Principality so it could not be included on the flag. which is made up like this:

• The red St. George’s Cross width is ¹⁄₅ of the flag’s height with a ¹⁄₁₅ flag height fimbriation
• The white diagonal St. Andrew’s Cross width is ¹⁄₁₅ of the flag’s height and the broader white diagonal’s width is ¹⁄₁₀ of the flag’s height
• The red diagonal St. Patrick’s Cross width is ¹⁄₁₅ of the flag’s height and the narrow white diagonal’s width is ¹⁄₃₀ of the flag’s height

As all of the bunting went up in London I had an Irish friend ask if I found it offensive. Offensive? Why would I? “It’s racist”, she said, “to us”. By ‘us’ she meant that I am Scottish and she is Irish. To be honest it was her question I found offensive. I may be Scottish, but I am also British and I have lived in London for over five years. My flag is in the Union Jack and no-one, not a racist and certainly no one ignorant will ever take it away from me. I am proud to be British and I love my flag. Both of them.