Birmingham’s Flag Fiasco: Labour’s Suicide Note in Lamppost Form

The Weoley Warriors have lit a fuse. They’ve tapped into something deep: the ordinary man and woman’s desire to feel proud, to see their flag, to know they belong.

There’s an old saying in politics: pick your battles. Birmingham’s Labour council, bless them, seem determined to pick the one fight they cannot possibly win — against the flag of their own country. Yes, in a city teetering on bankruptcy, crime climbing, and bins spilling over, the council’s priority this summer has been to climb ladders, wrench Union J…