Let’s keep flying the flag for Britain, Peter

Why does Peter Hitchens insist on calling our national flag the ‘Union Flag’? Is he really still harking back to that hairsplitting debate about whether any flag other than one flown on a Royal Navy warship can be described as a ‘jack’? Come on, Peter – the public have taken the name of ‘Union Jack’ to their hearts. Why fight it?

John Tavner, Colchester,