‘We are not encouraging a change to the flag’

The Flag Institute, the UK’s national vexillological association, recently polled its members regarding a change in the Union Jack if Scotland becomes independent.

Almost 65 per cent of respondents wanted to see a change.

And after the poll, suggested replacements for the flag flooded in.

We are not advocating changing the flag. We are not advising changing the flag. We are not encouraging a change to the flag. We are not discouraging a change to the flag, says Flag Institute CEO Charles Ashburner. We are simply here to facilitate and inform the debate if there is an appetite for such a thing. As this subject has generated the largest postbag in our history, however, there is clearly such an appetite.

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