Does Sir Keir Starmer love his country or not? It’s been hard to tell this year. His infamous ‘island of strangers’ speech in May seemed to suggest that he did, only for him to recant the following month after a backlash from the left in his party, saying that he regretted using those words. But now Sir Keir wants us to believe once more that he really is a flag-waving patriot. Literally.

Can you imagine a burgher of an affluent part of North London draping the St George Flag from the window of their house?

Later this week the Prime Minister will announce an outline to ‘reclaim the flag’ from ‘far right’ protesters in a speech to tackle the rise of ‘divisive populism’. According to the Daily Telegraph , on Friday he is expected to argue that the St George’s flag and Union flag are for

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