£34.95 for a Union Flag... from where? Or is the MoD buying in bulk for a reduced price?
They are robust things, those flags, but when you're 1,500ft at the top of the Rock of Gibraltar exposed to the elements, you're going to get a bit tatty.
Sounds to me like the story is a bit of a cheap dig. The MoD always replaces tatty flags, why is it an issue all of a sudden?
(And shock, horror, the flags are being made by an ENGLISH company!! You see, the Scotsman paper could have said British, but no... what would they prefer, made in China?)