Brilliant
The flag protest is genius. Who could possibly object to flying a country’s own flag? They’re doing it, though. And looking really stupid.
Not much evidence around here. We took a fairly long drive today and I saw one Union Jack and two Crosses of St George.
Until we got to one little seaside town where some wag had taken a can of red spray paint and put a cross in every single white road marking in the center of town. Dozens of them. I whooped and almost sent Uncle B off the road.
Other parts of the country, someone told us he drove for miles and there was a flag on every other lamppost the whole way.
Meanwhile, in a thread below, habqll asks what the deal is with the little Scottish girl with the knife and the hatchet. Well.
I saw a Scottish woman on X pouring cold water on it, saying girls of a class have always gone around armed, and she did too growing up. I couldn’t say.
I can say that the UK is as close to bursting as I’ve ever seen. Lots of things gone wrong here and watching foreign men menace little English girls will do nicely for a rallying point. The image of a skinny little girl brandishing weapons is world-changingly powerful, whether it would be all that meaningful in context or not.
This place is about to blow.
August 27, 2025 — 5:37 pm
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