Unfortunately, the flag of St George has been associated for many years with ultra right wing nationalist skinheads, EDL hooligans and those obsessed with yob-ball matches which feature an 'English' team.....
A report in today's Torygraph states that 24% of 'the English' now consider the flag to be a racist symbol. Who these 24% actually are, it does not say......
A similar issue exists in the USA, where the 'rebel flag' Southern Cross Confederate battle flag is now viewed by a significant proportion of the population as a white supremacist symbol with racial hatred overtones.