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Flagged Out
EU Serf, who has found himself agreeing with former Minister for Europe Denis MacShane, has our sympathies. It's a situation EURSOC found itself in once, and it is an odd experience. We liked MacShame's attack on the Islington lefties who queued to kiss Hugo Chavez's ring in May: For his part, Serf welcomes MacShame's approval of Germany's new-found patriotism:
"Germany can now wave its red-yellow-and-black flag as proudly as France waves the tricolour, or Americans plant the star-spangled banner, everywhere. To love one's country is no longer a sin between the Rhine and the Elbe."
But. What Serf really wants to know is does this approval extend to all flag-waving nations? There are some countries, he notes, who don't enjoy the same rights as the Germans: EU Serf lists three incidents when the English flag was banned in Britain for fear of giving offence.
