Gulf War veteran has been ordered to take down Union Jack flag

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Andrew Smith, 51, installed the flag on a pole in his garden in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, in tribute to Great Britain after serving six years in the Royal Signals. But following a complaint by one neighbour on his estate, he says he received a letter from a housing developer ordering him to take it down. The father-of-two has so far complied with the notice but is now fighting back because he is 'proud to be British'. Mr Smith, who served in the army between 1988 and 1994 says a disgruntled neighbour complained to bosses at Harron Homes who he claims have warned him to take down the flagpole or face legal action. He said: 'I think it's the flag as it's the first thing he mentioned, he said to me 'I hope you're taking the flag down, it's spoiling our view.'
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@movieknight68 3 месяца назад

Sounds to me like the neighbours need to emigrate to a country with a flag that they like.

@oliveringram3056 3 месяца назад

Perhaps they have recently arrived....!!

@pershaankhan1662 3 месяца назад

How do you know the neighbour didn't complain because of the constant rattling noise?

@Michael-og8dt 3 месяца назад

@@pershaankhan1662no, it's probably a self entitled angry little Muslim child fancier

@alanyoung3389 3 месяца назад

@pershaankhan1662 no one would even think that.

@charlie271210 3 месяца назад

@@pershaankhan1662 your so funny.

@kiaaurora 3 месяца назад

How is this even possible to be offended by a country’s flag in that country?!

@megane230f1 3 месяца назад

As the uk has been sold out

@underalions2023 3 месяца назад

Allah snack bar

@grayssportsalmanac85 3 месяца назад

When the flag rope is making a racket slapping against the pole all day? 🤔

@chrislloyd4673 3 месяца назад

When immigration bursts at the seams

@velvetinedrapes4359 3 месяца назад

@@grayssportsalmanac85 You can tighten the rope so it sits against the rope and doesn't bang. You muppet 😂😂

@taxesv1nce142 3 месяца назад

The fact that anyone in any country would even have the audacity to order someone to take down the flag of that country which they are living in is honestly disturbing to me.

@jimmyc974 3 месяца назад

The fact there are people that have the audacity to use social media and have an opinion on something they have zero knowledge in is what is really disturbing! Perhaps you should actually read the email (it was not a letter as the home owner stated) and truly understand the reasoning for the restrictions in the covenant that he agreed to and signed!

@westenev 3 месяца назад

I could think of a few reasons not related to race or country. A night shift worker wouldn't appreciate the constant clanging noises, for example. It's too hard to tell without actually knowing WHY the complaint was made, and I wish that accusers actually had to make a case.

@Minebrawlzzz 3 месяца назад

And it would be perfectly fine to put up Palestine, Ukraine, or pride flags. Double standards

@billy-johnson678 2 месяца назад

@@westenevits obviously because its a british flag and some foreigner doesn't like it

@yourmum69_420 2 месяца назад

@@jimmyc974 lol you're a clown

@RocketCat525 3 месяца назад

As an American, I think it is great that you show pride for your country keep the flag flying 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸

@objectvs5148 3 месяца назад

shut up american, no one wants to know your opinion

@jacklunsford7528 3 месяца назад

Out red white and blue brethren. 🫡

@carlbirtles4518 3 месяца назад

Yeah, he was just being patriotic. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@sarahjones7239 3 месяца назад

❤🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 ❤

@jasonhudson739 3 месяца назад

Make america and britain great again

@user-lp6nf2px6p 3 месяца назад

Name and shame your neighbour's. The cheek of it.

@soot.2146 3 месяца назад

Some of the complaints maybe from people who fall into age bracket for conscription into forces what's chances a lot of GB residents would never fight for this country.

@kendiamond8722 3 месяца назад

Butcher's apron, take it down,

@ulovemymum2963 3 месяца назад

@@kendiamond8722cry harder 😂

@user-hu8or5nx2w 3 месяца назад

We can only guess what kind of names they had. But I think we know ☪

@kendiamond8722 3 месяца назад

@@ulovemymum2963 the flag that everyone hates, the butcher's apron, how could you be proud of a flag that caused so much genocide around the planet

@user-fc8pl4ej4u 3 месяца назад

Don't take it down. You are free to fly a flag on your property.

@Tourist1967 3 месяца назад

That very much depends...in this case, no. Read the story. All the way to the end.

@user-fc8pl4ej4u 3 месяца назад

Jobs worth people.

@sallygardiner7150 3 месяца назад

Not when fixed to a permanent pole.

@kingcurry6594 3 месяца назад

"You are free to fly a flag on your property". No, you may not be. Learn the law.

@ef1265 3 месяца назад

You can if it was a Palestinian flag or probably any other flag except for the UK one

@greatwhite775 2 месяца назад

You leave it up mate. You served your country. Be proud , your a hero. My grandfather died at 21 years old as a spitfire pilot battle of Britain.

@MisatoBestWoman 3 месяца назад

From a Canadian I salute you fly the Union Jack high and proudly!!! Anyone being offended by the flag should move! 🇨🇦🫂🇬🇧

@Awakeningspirit20 3 месяца назад

I hardly saw any Canadian flags in Canada, you guys need to be more patriotic and fly it more! It's beautiful!

@MisatoBestWoman 3 месяца назад

@@Awakeningspirit20 I absolutely agree with this! There are many more popping up including on vehicles. I plan to however possible spread the message

@Awakeningspirit20 3 месяца назад

@@MisatoBestWoman This Canadian told me they're very patriotic, just not "jingoistic" about it. Be jingoistic, it's fun! It's a leaf for God's sake, no one else has one on their flag. Iconic.

@brentbaker4489 3 месяца назад

Don't believe the Canadian crap . They would make you fly the the Pride Flag .

@mmaking66 2 месяца назад

Nobody wants to fly the flag currently under the justin trudeau regime@Awakeningspirit20

@UlsterDarkKnight 3 месяца назад

The neighbours that had an issue with the British flag should be forced out of the country

@malcolmeccles3783 3 месяца назад

Iam an ex soldier . I won't say where I have served but one of my tattoos was done in Larne if memory serves and you are absolutely spot on. The neighbours that objected were probably not originally UK residents

@bionic4368 3 месяца назад

@@malcolmeccles3783or more likely they just despise racists and their paraphernalia.

@WeeShoeyDugless 3 месяца назад

Our ex Ghurka neighbours proudly fly the Union Jack and I haven't heard of anyone complaining. Keep the flag flying high👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

@bionic4368 3 месяца назад

@@WeeShoeyDugless and you Huns didn't pay Mad Betty's taxes, #LoyalMyArse

@AlexandrawOfficial_Lexi 3 месяца назад

nonsense some of the biggest anti white and anti british are white lefties and jewish lefties Id say most BLM supporters were either white or jewish@@malcolmeccles3783

@NewToronto 3 месяца назад

What really pisses me off is the source of any complaint always gets to stay anonymous. Undercover snitches.

@repuIsive 3 месяца назад

brown losers crying about the fact that they didnt have enough patriotism for their own country. 😳👍

@robinhood2980 3 месяца назад

People can make a freedom of information request.!!

@twilight_lupinesilva4691 3 месяца назад

@@robinhood2980No, it will just be blocked, like "this information is classified" or whatever it is that prevents people from having to comply with FOIA.

@dudebro91-fn7rz 3 месяца назад

@@robinhood2980 No such thing as that in britain. Believe it or not they don't have a constitution so the government can pretty much do whatever it wants

@E0S1776 3 месяца назад

More like “ Undercover Bitches “

@BillzWW2 3 месяца назад

Take the so called neighbors to court for harassment.I would also tell them where they could go.

@ojc2612 2 месяца назад

Brother from over the pond here. Raise the Union Jack, stand your ground as you did for King and Country before. I to have the American flag proudly waiving on my property and the only way it comes down is to be placed on my coffin. Know that many of us stand with you sir!

@artfuldodger9312 3 года назад

Andrew, fly your flag with pride - there is nothing wrong with flying our national flag outside your home.

@ronschwigel8140 Год назад

i live in MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN in the USA and i have two flag poles guess what flag i fly right next to my USA flag the UNION JACK. no one dares say a word. because there is nothing to complain about. they look great flying together in the wind.

@batphink2655 11 месяцев назад

@@ronschwigel8140 I always like you American much more than Canadians! Hard to imagine we fought against each other but you're such friendly people to me and my family ,I should've moved to America, bit late now though! 👍

@user-ix1ki1po5r 11 месяцев назад

100 percent

@akelly9528 10 месяцев назад

@@batphink2655what do the usa and the uk have in common? They both have more popular bordering neighbours

@echochamber1234 4 месяца назад

@@akelly9528 yeah popular because they're powerless and can't do anything to anyone.

@arnoldshannon7222 3 года назад

UNION JACK is NEVER a nuisance

@colinscotland2887 Год назад

That is not the Union Jack Flag plus nothing great about the United Kingdom but instead of putting that disgusting flag up, you should have put an england flag up instead plus the United Kingdom is not a country.

@Depat 3 месяца назад

It’s a Union Flag, not Jack!

@carltonholmes8061 3 месяца назад

How dare they tell him to take it down. We need to show more patriotism not less. I am sick of people trying to down grade this country to non British. Can’t imagine this happening in the States where they are more Patriotic. 😢

@minatormyth 3 месяца назад

@@Depatnow tell him why.

@bionic4368 3 месяца назад

Real Brits know when it's a union flag and not a union jack.

@dougdraxler8409 3 месяца назад

Be proud of flying the Union Jack, as retired US Air Force, we have done our duty. Keep flying it.

@davidreed3357 3 месяца назад

She's a beautiful flag my friend. Fly her high. So much respect this American veteran has for my brothers and sisters across the pond. It was an honor to serve with you during the war on terrorism.

@GoodTimeGremlin 2 месяца назад

A war for resources

@davidreed3357 2 месяца назад

@GoodTimeGremlin do you always have to show your ignorance? Yes you do. You are proud of your ignorance

@daddydubs4349 2 месяца назад

@@davidreed3357 Not that I blame you but you fought a war to protect Israel and some oil resources. Iraq was no threat to America and The United Kingdom as long as we didn't allow people from there to immigrate.

@drewkavi6327 2 месяца назад

A war that caused more terrorism than it deterred, a war that was started for no reason, a war that is widely recognised to have been for nothing and caused instability in the region?

@NoScopeSpeed 2 месяца назад

@@davidreed3357Well done. You are a puppet

@sylesterjones2475 5 лет назад

He may be in the UK, and I'm here in the US in the states. But he believed in patriotism and he believes in his country, as well as I do. And that should be commended, praised, saluted. And never taken down or compromised.

@ronaldschwigel2286 2 года назад

PUT IT BACK UP- I FLY MY USA FLAG IN THE USA AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT I FLY MY UNION JACK FLAG. WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS THINK YOU LIVE IN A FREELAND RIGHT? US/UK. WILL ALWAYS FLY SIDE BY SIDE ON MY PORCH.

@captainchaos1311 2 года назад

If i had a neighbour that raised the Union Flag then I’d be more then happy to see it then just complain like an idiot, true patriotic war hero

@ronschwigel8140 Год назад

wow sounds like the uk turned communist state, fly your union jack i fly it in the us.

@user-ix1ki1po5r 11 месяцев назад

100 percent cant see someone telling an american to take down the stars and stipes

@jedijake1734 4 месяца назад

Didn't you guys go to war with us I'm under the impression you burnd our flag?

@JoeRichardson-vk6xw 3 месяца назад

This is Britain. Fly your flag with prid mate. You have truly earned the right .I salute you.

@sbor2020 3 месяца назад

Don't fly you prid flag but your flag with prid.

@zainer6182 3 месяца назад

Bloody right, a veteran stands for England 🇬🇧

@JoeRichardson-vk6xw 3 месяца назад

I'm an ex military vet, and I did not fight for hatred of my enemy, but for love of my country, I will fly my union Jack wherever ever I want

@LiClan 3 месяца назад

Earned it how?

@JoeRichardson-vk6xw 3 месяца назад

He Earned the right to fly his nations flag in his own back garden because he served his country, unlike most lefty cowards who want to bring a great country down

@7greyghost 3 месяца назад

I notice that the halyards are banging against the hollow mast, could be a noise nuisance. To prevent this then wrap the halyards around the mast a few Tim’s, tighten and make them fast on your cleet. The wind can’t rattle the halyards now.

@MoosesValley 3 месяца назад

It is great that you show pride for your country ! Keep the flag flying ! P.S. G'Day from Australia !

@awpqq 3 месяца назад

UK is not a country though!

@TrKz_m 2 месяца назад

@@awpqq what lol

@BelieveInTheLordJesus777 3 месяца назад

I’m not even British but living in the UK for 10 years now and find that request to take down the national flag appalling and disgusting.

@fosphor8920 3 месяца назад

I don't even live in GB and I share your opinion

@LizardOnAMushroom2358 3 месяца назад

It's just Britain now, not Great Britain

@Jimbo818 3 месяца назад

@LizardOnAMushroom2358 if you don't love GB, you should leave.

@LizardOnAMushroom2358 3 месяца назад

@@Jimbo818 Oh, Red blooded American here. I'm sure Britain was Great once, but you neutered your Kings and Queens, and pursued the path of the money'd interests. Your liberalism has poisoned your culture, and you are now a servile population. A population that once shared blood and ethics with it's royalty and aristocracy. Now all that remains is a servile people.

@bullet6140 3 месяца назад

@@LizardOnAMushroom2358 How many people don't realise that Great Britain is the Island. It's not the name given to the country of the UK. GREAT BRITAIN IS THE ISLAND SCOTLAND,WALES AND ENGLAND ARE IN GREAT BRITAIN It's why its called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

@maximusmeridius1240 3 месяца назад

I'm getting a flag pole, Britain first for me.

@flippy66 3 месяца назад

To put in your flat yeah?

@jonaldous3446 3 месяца назад

Britain first means Britain alone. It is a delusion of grandeur to think Britain can ever stand alone.

@nicole-denicedevesti5625 3 месяца назад

I have a Union Jack, and our bloodline is both English and Black Irish. 57% English and 43% Black Irish. I'm here in the U.S. Keep it flying!

@RaGodEgypt 2 месяца назад

What a beautiful flag 🇬🇧 Greetings from Mexico. 🇲🇽 Don't let you guys ever get trampled by others.

@User_1170 3 месяца назад

Any country that doesn't support the display of its own flag is not a country worth fighting for.

@Juliewelsh10 3 месяца назад

We fly our flags everywhere in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧 Bloody disgusting that he was told to take it down.

@imac-hunt 3 месяца назад

Im an English guy have a Saint George's flag in my garden in Swansea for 20 years Never had anything except banter with the neighbours....

@aaronellis6870 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately thats not the case in parts of Cardiff anymore !

@supermarionugget8657 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately, the national identity of England is being suppressed. Anyone who says this is deemed a nazi and or racist for not loving humiliation. While I personally am generally neutral to this country, suppressing national identities will only cause the far right to become stronger and extremism too.

@crazyasasyn9035 3 месяца назад

Welsh and proud 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@theresatodd6935 10 дней назад

Scandalous

@MrSimplesimon007 3 месяца назад

I wonder if Buckingham Palace have been told to remove their flags...

@michaelillingworth6433 3 месяца назад

Buckinghamshire Palace is being turned into an immigration centre because the only people welcome in London these days are from a so called friendly relegion.

@Rezn8d0utlaw 3 месяца назад

I served alongside during parts of the Gulf War and they were some friendly amazing soldiers. Much respect and love to them.

@redtra236 3 месяца назад

You know your empire has fallen when you can't fly your empire's flag legally

@eventocriativo6761 3 месяца назад

I don't give it 10 years and we know the flag that will be raised.

@connormacleod7010 3 года назад

Thank you for your service command sergeant major

@juliapigworthy 3 месяца назад

The entire neighbourhood needs to start flying the flag to make it unenforceable to ban it.

@user-fh6dv7cm4w 3 месяца назад

If it was a Palestine flag, nothing would be said😮

@ColdWinterz01DMZ 3 месяца назад

Facts

@oliversherman2414 3 месяца назад

@@user-fh6dv7cm4wbut it's not a Palestinian flag

@The_Duke_2002 3 месяца назад

@@oliversherman2414 He said if it was you idiot.

@Zeeblox 3 месяца назад

@@oliversherman2414 well done detective

@m.l.tankesly2665 3 месяца назад

We had an HOA here in Virginia, the US, that tried that. Telling a WW2 Vet, he couldn't fly the Stars and Stripes. It didn't go well for them. Virginia now has a state law protecting the right to fly the flag.

@Nickcooper625 8 дней назад

He bought a house which had a covenant saying no flagpoles above a certain height, and ignored it. Nothing to do with the actual flag he's flying.

@obiwankenobi3375 3 месяца назад

Thank you Andrew for your service love from Australia

@cherrypie660 5 лет назад

Put your flag up and be proud.. 🇬🇧

@TP-mv6en 3 года назад

Atheist Nihilist Communist There have been worse slaveries than the British enslavement of Africans

@TP-mv6en 3 года назад

Atheist Nihilist Communist Anyway, millions of Africans would’ve died due to malaria had Europeans not colonised Africa

@littlecoder1799 3 года назад

Be ashamed 😂😂

@ADUUM_ 3 года назад

@@littlecoder1799 no

@littlecoder1799 3 года назад

@@ADUUM_ yes

@paulmorgan3600 5 лет назад

Take a little bit from our American allies ...... "take my flag out of my cold dead hands " !

@pcvn214 3 месяца назад

The complaint should be irrelevent if he has complied with the law

@janiceritchot9505 2 месяца назад

You’re a true Patriot , so sorry to hear these miserable people complaining about this . They have no life or love for your country if that’s all they got to do is bother you ! 😢👍❤

@stephen2583 3 месяца назад

name a shame the neighbours

@raymondwalsh7957 3 месяца назад

EXACTLY---put the moaning neighbours name on here

@and7barton 3 месяца назад

@@raymondwalsh7957 They won't have the guts to show themselves.

@rachelbrogan2548 4 года назад

My son has just joined the Welsh Guards. BRITISH AND PROUD!!

@suemccready1849 3 года назад

I'm Welsh but live in England , I put a Welsh flag in my front window on Saint David's day along with a sheep foot stool which is wearing a daffadil hat, & the Saint George's flag for this day too

@user-te1hi9rx7b 3 месяца назад

PROUD OF WHAT?

@patriciarose6371 2 месяца назад

Warm congratulations to your son , you are right to be proud of him

@josephbateman7742 3 месяца назад

As an American, I know not every country flies flags at every house like we do, I even joke that you cant go more than a mile without seeing old glory twice. But if you cant fly your flag in your own country, you have lost your country without a shot. I am sorry for the true British people. Love from New England.

@calebfenderson9327 3 месяца назад

If this was in America we’d be up in arms, don’t disrespect anyone’s nation ESPECIALLY your own

@bigmuthatruckah2356 3 года назад

Patriotism only offends the people who have no love or respect for their country. Most likely having never served in the military. Fly your colors with pride my friend, as we do across the pond. 🇬🇧🇺🇲 👍

@Lol-sy9pq 11 месяцев назад

No. Your flag represents oppression, homophobia, imperialism, and proto-fascism.

@Lijoue 9 месяцев назад

Those same people would still expect him to jump were we called to fight. Never mind the duty he will likely feel to fallen brothers in arms. Screw these people.

@ellismeah8110 3 месяца назад

Self hating anti English left wing virtue signalers

@williamgardner2739 3 месяца назад

If you see that neighbour again tell him to go and F%$% him self. if he doesn't like living here then tell him to go somewhere else, like Russia

@nicho165 3 месяца назад

I will fly my country's flag with pride I did not serve but my family members did .Don't give in to Nazi liberal councils and their dogs the police.

@dawidbosman5786 3 месяца назад

How is it even possible that a British war veteran could be asked to take down the British flag in Britain? This is an outrage! Who are these people, and why are they even allowed the benefit of living in the UK?

@121odin 2 месяца назад

Leave it up mate thanks for your service

@WalkensAssWatch 3 месяца назад

“For it to be a nuisance it must have been making a noise…” Said with straight face as pole makes a noise.

@ddrum757 3 месяца назад

Exactly what I was thinking

@jefftidwell8783 3 месяца назад

You need to get back under your bridge troll

@gehillz4075 3 месяца назад

Rattling in the wind isn't going to cause a noise disturbance from inside your home is it. If that's the case then all windchimes needs to be taken down too. What a load of bollock mate.

@ddrum757 3 месяца назад

@@gehillz4075 Where did he say from within the home?? I think you just made that up haha. A noise disturbance doesn't just have to be heard from inside the home. Yes wind chimes were voted most hated garden accessory in the UK some years back.

@davidroutledge1732 3 месяца назад

Was the "nuisance" the real reason for having to take it down or a just used as a way of getting it taken down ?

@sparky7558 5 лет назад

Defend the colours keep um flying.

@arpdadawg1536 4 года назад

'never let the old flag fall'

@stankattitudemira 2 года назад

Yeah!!!

@stankattitudemira 2 года назад

If though I'm From America...!!!

@yasirujayasuriya7026 2 года назад

The Colours don't run

@user-hi3lv1bu7l 2 года назад

Keep it uhhh in the sky

@MrClivemann 3 месяца назад

Shocking!!! Disgraceful!!! Proud to support the armed forces and veterans of the UK 🇬🇧 forces.

@martindormer2116 3 месяца назад

The state does not have the right to order him to take down the national flag.

@johnwilliam1945 10 дней назад

THEY WILL HAVE TO REMOVE THE KINGS FLAG FIRST

@damienobrien7016 3 месяца назад

It's your country, your flag, keep it flying.

@qasimmir7117 3 месяца назад

No one should ever be ordered to lower a flag in the country it represents. It makes the idea of a country pointless.

@davidmuckle599 3 месяца назад

If it was any other flag no one would dare tell him to take it down. As a retired police officer l applaud this veteran who selflessly served his sovereign in a foreign country and to be treat this way is beyond comprehension. Do not take it down , there is no law apart from spitefullness that can make you remove it. Stand firm on this as this country is in danger, very real danger of being taken over. Thank you for your service and l am pleased you made it home. Many didn't.

@shiralleehaggart72 3 месяца назад

Agree. If it was a 'Pride' flag no one would bat an eyelid.

@mmac-fr5xu 3 месяца назад

It's written in the deeds of the house Dave that he cannot do anything that annoys neighbours .. Obviously the neighbours have two nationalities ,and, although they wanna live here, they frikkin hate our way of life .

@nigelmorgan3449 3 месяца назад

What’s the bet the neighbours are ex boat drivers and they come from that dump call sand

@nickjanssens 3 месяца назад

That sums it up, “many didn’t make it home.”

@mattphillips6714 3 месяца назад

@@mmac-fr5xuthis is a totally grey area that is open to interpretation, annoy can come under noise violations walking across someone’s lawn a pet making a mess.. unpleasant smells via waste of people or animals. A flag is not considered a annoyance violation but more a personal offence so this is a personal attack and should be challenged. Just getting a letter is a way of using power in a way to intimidate the person who has offended someone. Hence this retired police man is right it’s petty spitefulness. It has however happened 4 years ago so the issue has passed..

@freddykran668 3 месяца назад

The fact that you cannot raise the flag of the country your LITERALLY living in, our great United Kingdom has fallen, no matter how much you detest, our country is no longer like it was

@scottchapman3555 3 месяца назад

I'm a proud American and I don't care if nobody likes my flag, I Love my country and there's nothing wrong to show your love for your country, don't you take down your flag, England is a great country, stand proud, Thank You for your service!

@eugeneeastman2740 5 лет назад

This is a absolute disgrace is this what our forefathers fought for?

@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088 11 месяцев назад

I am not disagreeing to you saying it’s a disgrace, but the latter half, your forefathers also fought for colonising people and released untold atrocities upon them. They are a disgrace in the name of humanity.

@20thcenturysurplus 11 месяцев назад

We weren’t a disgrace but ok

@Valkaze111 9 месяцев назад

yet we also helped a few countries in advancing them so cope? lmao@@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088

@netcurtains 9 месяцев назад

@@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088shut up dirty face

@andrealegg2527 8 месяцев назад

@@mrigankamaulichakraborty7088just like nearly every race's ancestors were disgrace at one point. Whats your point? My very very distant ancestors used to pour hot iron in our 'enemies' ear for punishment. The ottoman empire overrun Europe and castrated the males, raped women then killed them so they would not give birth to heathens. African tribes killed, enslaved each other for centuries. None of you lefties even try to go back further in history, study other countries, continents bloody history. All stuck on colonisation. Learn some bloody history. Colonisation is one (major) reason that we gave some sort of civility amongst different races. Please please swallow the bone that is colonisation and dont choke on it!!

@Russianbro777 4 года назад

It is a crime to tell this man to remove his flag.

@levilawliett2569 3 месяца назад

We all know from which subcontinent are his neighbours.

@dancallan7907 3 месяца назад

Imagine having to check with people on Facebook before you fly your own countries flag IN your own country. This was 5 years ago to they'd probably jail this guy now.

@johnsometimeswrong8742 3 месяца назад

Im an Irishman with no great love for the UnionJack but i give it the respect it deserves as the flag of a neighbouring sovereign country....if the Brits dont stand up for their country now in this generation their remarkable heritage will fade away to be replaced by what....

@keithroberts5611 3 месяца назад

True words sir, Use it or lose it!!

@johnward9486 3 месяца назад

Fly the flag and do not heed those unpatriotic fools. Be proud of your country and its wonderful history.

@PeterLewis-op5gk 3 месяца назад

100% correct 👍….. all this woke’ism rubbish…. Never heard so much garbage that people think is the reason to think correct in the first place …. Making a coffin ⚰️ for your own kids.. head and shake comes to mind.

@SensibleMoniker 3 месяца назад

Likewise the Tricolour - I despised what it stood for in the Troubles, but you fly one if you wish to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@ianperry9914 3 месяца назад

I am an Englishman and proud to be so , I have the feeling you have or are about to have the same problem , my very sincere condolences .

@balls4992 3 года назад

No one should be told to remove their flag when it’s on their own property

@BirdsfromHuntingdon 3 года назад

The Mercian flag is great

@rabbidcrazy787 Год назад

What if it was a n_zi or a Confederate battle flag, tho?

@feudinggreeks3316 Год назад

@@rabbidcrazy787 So? Why is the Confederates the same as Nazi's in your mind?

@rabbidcrazy787 Год назад

@@feudinggreeks3316 Both flags are considered offensive to many people. Just saying.

@feudinggreeks3316 Год назад

@@rabbidcrazy787 The American flag is considered offensive to Anarchists, Neo Communists and a wide variety of left-wing groups. Should we remove the American flag too to appease the wants of the mob?

@raymccarty4621 2 месяца назад

These horrible neighbours should be ashamed, demanding a veteran remove our flag when he once served our country in order to protect these very people.

@quentin6893 3 месяца назад

I'm from France so we don't have the best relations with UK but I fully support what you did for your country and how you show it respect now. 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧

@MN-vz8qm 3 месяца назад

Stop this non sense, France and the UK have great relations, of course as neighbors we have our tensions here and there, but speaking like this is taking it way out of proportion.

@Afro3461 3 месяца назад

Maybe a national campaign could be started to encourage people to fly the Union flag across the UK as a sign of patriotism and a protest against the haters, and we all know who they are, the ones who parade their precious red, green, black and white one in our faces every weekend!

@y2kmadd 5 лет назад

Insanity. It's his property. Be proud. Fly the flag.

@davecollins9075 2 года назад

That's the problem, it's not his property it's a rental.

@leed2883 3 месяца назад

"The contract when we bought the house" not a rental @davecollins9075

@jayng153 3 месяца назад

Mistakes by this man. 1) Asking permission in the first place. 2) Not naming and shaming the migrants that made the complaint. 3) Taking it down.

@sammeh6806 2 месяца назад

how do you know it was migrants?

@jayng153 2 месяца назад

@@sammeh6806 common sense via lived experience

@jerrywinder7249 3 месяца назад

You are "battle hardened "veteran solder ,you deserve to fly the flag !!!!!

@susanlorraineholloway501 3 месяца назад

Everybody who is true British should put up the Union Jack all over the UK. Stand up for your country.

@andyallan2909 3 месяца назад

UK is not a country. It's a union of countries (plural).

@flippy66 3 месяца назад

Ah so you're the gatekeeper of "true British" now? Classic fascist rhetoric there. I'd be careful.

@romad357 3 месяца назад

@@andyallan2909 Actually it is a UNITED KINGDOM and kingdoms are countries. The former independent kingdoms (countries) of England, Scotland, and Ireland were combined into ONE kingdom (country). It is similar to these United States (where 13 countries formed one larger country) except that we have a federal government system while the UK's is more centralized.

@sbor2020 3 месяца назад

Anyone who doesn't should be identified by different coloured stars, should they? Foreigners, homosexuals, gypsies, religious minorites, non-conformists. You people would have loved Germany in the 1930's getting their country back from the woke degenerates, and cultural bolsheviks.

@charlie271210 3 месяца назад

@@andyallan2909 shut up idiot.

@paddystrongjaw9995 4 года назад

We will not be divided. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧. I love my fellow English, Scottish, Welsh, and (Northern) Irish brothers.

@timparker4160 Год назад

You don't like the southern Irish or are you strictly talking parts of Britain?

@paddystrongjaw9995 Год назад

@@timparker4160 Strictly talking parts of Britain

@vivo-audio Год назад

@@paddystrongjaw9995 Northern Ireland isn't in Britain.

@paddystrongjaw9995 Год назад

@@vivo-audio I use Britain and the UK interchangeably, I do not care for the true definitions of both since most people understand the same meaning.

@lloydnaylor6113 3 месяца назад

@vivo-audio it's part of the UK nugget.

@MidQuotient2065 Месяц назад

If people are offended about others putting up the national flag, they are always free to leave. I would keep it up no matter what. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧. Sorry if I offend anyone.

@robertsartino7664 3 месяца назад

Keep it flying! Loud & Proud

@Jason-mg3fk 3 года назад

I'm an American, if you drive down any street in America you will see flags, on poles, out front of people's houses, and in their yards, you all need to start putting up more flags in England. I lived in Huddersfield for a summer with some family and I saw almost no flags while I was there, fly it high

@paul0n3il 3 года назад

well said

@stankattitudemira 2 года назад

In America...People On Their Streets Are Mean For Reporting....

@ulsterinfidel9897 2 года назад

You think America loves flags well you need to see Northern Ireland. We even have hundreds of patriotic murals. We are the only the part of the UK that seems to stand for its history, culture, heritage and pride

@glennmontgomery1593 2 года назад

you need to go to northern ireland mate, flags on every lamppost in some areas

@user-ix1ki1po5r 11 месяцев назад

100 percent

@synappticuser5669 3 месяца назад

I'm a Jock, a Vet, and my flag is the Saltire. You fly your flag mate. I think people should be proud of it. More power to you. Jock.

@LiClan 3 месяца назад

Jocks often jump at their masters command.

@ChevalierDeAlbany 3 месяца назад

No Scotsman uses the word 'Jock' to describe himself. Please stop.

@SICW1970 23 дня назад

From across the pond 🇺🇸, I encourage to continue the patriotism of the motherland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@JC-sd3vh 3 месяца назад

I personally wouldnt care to put one up, but I bloody well support your right to do so. Also thank you for your time in the Service of your country. Best wishes.

@Farmguy1 3 месяца назад

From Canada, I am a Vet and proud, we have the Canadian flag flying over our home and property. No one has complained about it.

@DH-hh5jf 3 месяца назад

That's because our country is run by a bunch of gutless idiots

@Dmog97 3 месяца назад

Yeah but unfortunately over here in the uk our own government hates us

@driftergrey 3 месяца назад

@@Dmog97is it quite a liberal government? 🤔

@lip-filler-looks-rank 3 месяца назад

@@Dmog97 that is because our own government are 'from out of town'

@Dmog97 3 месяца назад

@@lip-filler-looks-rank I know and who let it happen ?

@wsherratt5159 3 месяца назад

As a veteran you have given service to your country. If anyone deserves to fly the Union flag old son, it’s you! Covenants on newly built estates are initially binding but not forever. You could seek evidence of the definition in law they are using for nuisance and keep asking questions as the person who made the complaint will have to pay the solicitor each time you request a response. That will focus their attention and their pocket. Finally my fellow veteran, reach out via RU-vid to another RU-vidr, the Blackbelt Lawyer. He’s great at picking up causes and offering advice at barrister level, which I think trumps the local solicitor. Best of luck. Stay proud!

@mathewpalmer9662 3 месяца назад

We stand together!

@markegerton7764 2 месяца назад

Anybody who’s offended by the country’s national flag really needs to be asking themselves why they live in this country! 😮

@berniefynn6623 3 месяца назад

You do not worry about offending people in this country with the flag, those offended can sod off.

@pershaankhan1662 3 месяца назад

Nobody said anyone was offended. They said it was a 'nuisance', my guess is from the constant rattling noise

@berniefynn6623 3 месяца назад

@@pershaankhan1662 nuisance covers a lot,this like gross misconduct must be written down, not some ones opinion

@and7barton 3 месяца назад

Yes ! - "Sod off" is becoming my watch-word as time passes, as our pride is being attacked. Keep that flag flying.

@alanyoung3389 3 месяца назад

@pershaankhan1662 only you seem offended by your constant smug comments

@berniefynn6623 3 месяца назад

@@alanyoung3389 MY country mossh, those offended can sod off,coloureds are imports, no history here.

@marcbrown2189 5 лет назад

What is happening to our country we should be proud this truly is disgusting. 🇬🇧

@disobeytoday4685 5 лет назад

What's happening is you're sitting back and watching it be destroyed because you're too afraid to die fighting.

@thisplaceisdeath1465 5 лет назад

@@disobeytoday4685 LOL, what?

@disobeytoday4685 5 лет назад

@@thisplaceisdeath1465 *What's happening is you're sitting back and watching it be destroyed because you're too afraid to die fighting*

@thisplaceisdeath1465 5 лет назад

@@disobeytoday4685 LMFAO, behave yourself

@disobeytoday4685 5 лет назад

@@thisplaceisdeath1465 - As in; behave, slave? Not my style.

@Mogojoegotube Месяц назад

Thats disgraceful after serving his country he deserves to be proud

@nwj03a 3 месяца назад

I’m an American, I fly our flag. One of the first things I did when we bought our house was get a mount on the exterior to fly the flag. Patriotism is just a sign you live in a great country and believe in its ideals.

@4TheRecord 3 месяца назад

There's no law preventing the flag from being flown. In fact you can fly any flag you want aslong as it's a recognised national/international flag.

@pershaankhan1662 3 месяца назад

In the local paper it said he was told to remove it by the company that built the homes. Probably breached some agreement/policy

@TheByard 3 месяца назад

@@pershaankhan1662 Just name the developer, I'm sure they would love that.

@John-G 3 месяца назад

Actually there is if the pole's over 15' high or it makes a noise. Nothing about it being a "recognised international flag", though.😂😂😂

@milk_chemistry 9 месяцев назад

Just take the person to court and see what they say

@pershaankhan1662 3 месяца назад

They won't say nothing because the company that made the houses told him to take it down, as it went against their agreement

@markjohnson6817 3 месяца назад

Could be the constant clanging of the metal pole. Wonder if he softened the noise (foam tubing or whatever around the top of the pole to reduce / eliminate the clanging) his neighbours may not be bothered by it.

@jeffreyking279 3 месяца назад

Are you serious? The clanging?

@onil1325ms 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your service ❤

@mikezeme6485 Год назад

I am a immigrant from Latvia living in UK . I can say I like the Union jack🇬🇧 and any person living in UK needs to respect the flag and the British people

@earnie6511 3 месяца назад

Well said sir and glad to have you here.

@RobWhittlestone 3 месяца назад

Your attutude is exactlly right - we are pleased to welcome people like you.

@pershaankhan1662 3 месяца назад

The company that made the houses forced him to take it down, as it breached an agreement made prior

@sezles1 3 месяца назад

It should be made illegal to have a clause on anything forbidding flying the Union Jack. Imagine a law in the USA stopping them from flying their flag. Sheeesh!

@sbeasley1785 3 месяца назад

Do NOT take it down.

@user-nr5rw4gc6l 2 месяца назад

You need planning permission for a flag pole 4 metres above ground level, there is no restrictions on the size of the flag you can have.🇬🇧

@ej9855 3 месяца назад

He served his country, no one can tell him he can’t display it.

@Bongo-sm3mf 3 месяца назад

This man has every right to fly the union jack from his own property

@rhysperegrine5100 3 месяца назад

When he moved to that housing estate he signed an agreement that he wouldn't erect any structures (like flagpoles) above a certain height on his property. If he wants to display a flag he's perfectly free to attach one to his house.

@Bongo-sm3mf 3 месяца назад

The same people complaining about this man flying the Union Jack from his own property are promoting the flying of gay pride flags from government buildings!

@fritzhenning1 3 месяца назад

Not according to his contract. Has he challenged this in court?

@davegaskell7680 3 месяца назад

Except he doesnt

@shiralleehaggart72 3 месяца назад

@@rhysperegrine5100Say that to housing estate residents who have those vile trampolines pushed up against a neighbour's boundary fence and the top of the trampoline towers over the height of the fence.

@NeaAinsworth 2 года назад

Your a soldier! You have the right to display the flag you fought for, you earned that right.

@turbo1959 10 дней назад

Your a hero, just another case of injustice to one of our veterans

@sandrascott5299 3 месяца назад

That doesn't look like a genuine solicitor's letter to me

@markstarmer3677 3 месяца назад

Fly your flag with pride mate, I do. 🇬🇧

@johnwoodgate8125 3 месяца назад

Outrageous, fly your flag with pride my friend.

@One.horse.two.knights 2 месяца назад

So the neighbour who found flying the Union Jack flag offensive actually paid for a solicitor to write a letter of complaint! 💰 How fantastic it would of been if the whole neighbourhood thought to fly the Union Jack in support…. 💪 🇬🇧💰🇬🇧 💰 🇬🇧💰 🇬🇧💰🇬🇧