In the pages of today's Daily Express, John Chapman reports that prison officers at Wakefield Prison who chose to wear St George's Cross tie-pins were criticised by watchdogs who said it could send a racist message.
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Never mind that the prison is situated in England. Disregard the fact that the tie pins were bought and worn in support of a cancer charity.
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There is a vast difference between patriotism and racism and its time we in this fine country woke up to that fact.
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Displaying the Star Spangled Banner in the US of A is a demonstration of national pride. Here, increasingly and regrettably, it is becoming stigmatised to promote our national flags
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How sad.
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