Are we ashamed of our national identity?

I don’t understand why we need a ‘playful’ interpretation of our national flag — it’s part of our national identity. Are we embarrassed by it? Is it not part of our heritage? do we not believe in its values?

I can’t understand why nike — I would imagine under the FA’s brief — would feel we need to have a playful interpretation of that national identity.

I don’t find this flag offensive, I find it unnecessary. We shouldn’t be changing the cross for something that means precisely nothing. there’s no necessity for it, it has no substance.

Yes, there are a few people who have adapted the St George’s cross in a way that isn’t particularly palatable. But rather than reclaim it, what we’ll do is put up a meaningless cross that has no value to it and represents nobody. the problem with this country at times is the policy of appeasement, and having no central values. that’s why we have so many of the challenges we have in society. the reality is we have a national identity and part of that is the flag of St George. It’s not me getting carried away and being offended on behalf of it, but the bottom line is: is our national identity a joke? Is it something we’re ashamed of? I don’t understand the thinking behind it. People like Emily thornberry have ridiculed the St George’s flag and tied it to the idea of ‘White Van Men’, which I think is appalling. there has to be pride and value in the principles of this country. If you’re going to imitate the St George’s cross by turning it into something it’s not, what is the underlying message? What is the point of it? no other country would allow this to happen. they wouldn’t allow it to be done on their national shirt. this is the same nike who couldn’t even be bothered to produce Mary Earps shirts. I don’t think we should be taking lessons from nike on the values of this country.

And the FA are absolutely complicit in this. they will have their virtue-signalling fingers all over it.