Anger at MoD plan to unfurl £2.5m of new flags

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It's interesting that the picture the Scotsman has used to demonstrate the military use of flags is;



Two Jockanese flags (can't make their mind up over which one to fly?) flown from a Jock Unit's AFV, no doubt clearly denoting it as a British vehicle (as I'm sure every American airframe jockey knows). OK, fair enough, good national pride makes for a good fighting spirit and long may it continue.

Flags represent Units and those who own them. It's hard to take pride (or engender respect for) a Unit, Service or Country if the flag, standard, ensign, jack or pennant looks like a bag of s**t. That doesn't just mean the state of repair but also the quality of the manufacture and material (bunting, currently a woven wool and nylon mix). You get what you pay for.

As many of you have observed, it's a lets kick the MoD non story