Is The English Flag Racist? | Good Morning Britain

[@PistonHonda87]

You live in England, that flag is for the people who inhabit England, the English. Don’t like it, leave.

[@Halgame99]

We don't like the flag but we won’t leave

[@donaldellis3609]

Oh you so sound so patriotic Mr PistonHonda!!!!😮

[@ModinikiLuli-m5n]

@@donaldellis3609 100% he a broke bum

[@jsmith001]

@@Halgame99 Well of course you won't leave. The benefits of living in England are just too great, right? Certainly better than that shithole you should be sent back to.

[@violet-trash]

​@@Halgame99Otter hates watermelon but can't stop eating it

[@mymemories1953]

I,M SICK TO DEATH OF THIS ANTI ENGLISH HATRED.

[@littlenan3576]

Yes, it is arrogant racism against us isn't it.

[@vjamesg100]

I agree

[@rr-tv4763]

Same

[@KevinMcfee-nf5ln]

This is exactly what it is hatred to the English to all Brits display your flag

[@andrew_owens7680]

The Germans nailed the proper method - Erinnerungskultur. That is where you recognize the bad and celebrate the good. And now they are busy busting up Jews for being against genocide. So that didn't last long.

[@cathmcfarlane-noble2087]

The idea that the flag is racist is just ridiculous. What is in that man’s mind is in my opinion racist. He is looking for reasons to be offended. Focus on living a life in harmony and stop sweating the small stuff.

[@joshhunt4146]

Blame the EDL for it - they are the ones who adopted it on marches. They are the racist ones, the flag not so much

[@paulfletcher3998]

@cathmcfarlane-noble2087. Nobody is saying the flag is racist, he's saying the falg has been co-opeded by the far-right which I unfortunately believe is true.

[@loot6]

I think the idea is that not only that racists display flags but it's the flag itself that makes them racist. Otherwise removing it wouldn't change anything.

[@cathmcfarlane-noble2087]

@@loot6 it should never be wrong for a National flag, to fly in it’s own country. It is after all the national symbol and embraces all it’s citizens.

[@loot6]

@@cathmcfarlane-noble2087 I think you misunderstood my comment.

[@tonythorne4623]

This is the English flag if they don't like it leave. Racism is a two sided coin give it a rest.

[@barrytermbull1323]

Big time and this black privilege is getting a bit sickening

[@johnhough7738]

As a dual passport English born New Zealander ... I'm hip! 'Racism' is simply a very convenient label applied by someone out for all the freebies he/she/it can get - and, yes, it can be correctly applied, to closed narrow minds and other bigots.

[@cHinduCrusher]

Stop being hateful then. Oops, you can’t. Hate is in your DNA

[@cHinduCrusher]

@@irene56 and take your St George’s flag with you, it’s not wanted here at all

[@tonythorne4623]

@@irene56 when in Rome

[@rossspenser8314]

Is any flag racist . If you don't like it here leave why are you here ?

[@tempejkl]

Traitorous critic fallacy - a logical fallacy that you just used

[@Andy-xz9nq]

This flag is such a beauty to me. I wish I could see it more often around all England instead of being exclusively reserved for international sport events only. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@cHinduCrusher]

It looks cheap and cartoonish

[@joejs4613]

@@cHinduCrusherdoesn’t matter how it looks, it’s our flag, and we brandish it PROUDLY because we are patriotic! No matter what some idiots use it for, the meaning of the English flag to me is my home country.

[@cHinduCrusher]

@@joejs4613 which home? Germany?

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@cHinduCrusher no... england...

[@cHinduCrusher]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek St George WASNT English

[@17ER.]

5 years ago but we literally crusaded against SLAVERY FOR 175 YEARS and we LIBERATED SLAVES FROM SHIPS in the 1800s and some liberated actually joined the Royal Navy

[@headbang3r519]

You did also create slavery, so you have no idea what the Fork you are talking about

[@lethallewis2002]

​@@headbang3r519that's ironic considering slavery has been around long before the British empire. Don't tell someone they don't know what they're talking about when you've clearly only studied from what you see on social media.

[@RyanTheHero3]

@@headbang3r519What are you talking about, slavery has been around as long as time itself in almost every civilisation you can think of, and Britain was one of the first nations to not only break from it but also heavily invest in ending it as a practice.

[@CalSprigley]

@@headbang3r519you say “you” he didn’t create slavery. No one alive today created slavery. What good is it blaming us all as a collective? You are ridiculous.

[@tempejkl]

⁠@@RyanTheHero3Yeah right. Serfdom is still slavery - under a different name. And the British loved using that here in Ireland - and starving us too.

[@ericatkinson9285]

Long Live England and its flag

[@bluemakem459]

Same old poor me...sick to death of this shit!

[@gabesegun7966]

This black dude is ridiculous

[@GLarrr-dd5wf]

He is a pure snowflake.

[@SpirtOf88]

Thats all of them you mean

[@danielquinn39]

Most are

[@alanfrost4661]

They all are

[@samuelmyers5084]

I'm a lefti but still I'm proud to be british

[@IMuncheez]

Im buying a flag jusg so i can walk round with it

[@Jamie-Z]

The Windrush people were not "brought" here, they came here of their own choice looking for work. None were sent invitations or requests. Britain was short of workers and had openly said so but I have been and worked in many countries but not one offered me a passport. There is a huge irrational jump made. They did not register as residents or gain citizenship and that was wrong. They were forgiven but instead of that being seen as kindness they are still seen as victims for not following the law. I am happy that they have been forgiven and that their children that are innocent victims of their parents crime are legalised but those that complain should have that kindness revoked. As for slavery, maybe the British should regret being the country that did the most to end slavery in a world where slavery was the norm. Which countries sold the most of their people? Britain is not on the list. Britain's most significant part in slavery was ending it and for that we have nothing to be ashamed of. This man is looking for victim status rather than pride in the country that did so much for him.

[@a70770]

They didn't need citizenship because they were already British subjects. Jamaica was part of the British empire at the time.

[@sakkra93]

Most didn't want them, either.

[@Silence786.]

The Asian and African were invited under commonwealth

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

💯

[@hughiecarins-og4js]

The blacks should be told firmly if you dont like this Country or its flag then clear off now.

[@hugohugo2832]

It’s nearly always coloureds/ mixed race who have an issue. They’re chippy.

[@joebandi2695]

If i came into m that guys house and started to say to him i was offended by something in his house he would show me the front door and tell me to leave.😃😃

[@Monarch0114]

@@hugohugo2832 nah bro, im an asian-american(both parents vietnamese) but I love my country and it's allies who saved the world from evil governments, nations, and religious cults.

[@littlenan3576]

It is racist to suggest any nationalities' flag is racist.

[@stevewoolley3038]

Simple, if you dont like it LEAVE.

[@popdop0074]

Same could be said for racists and their opinion on immigrants

[@stevewoolley3038]

@@popdop0074 Most of them are ILLEGAL

[@jayparm]

@@popdop0074 nah.

[@chilloutii3638]

@ popdop0074 what a ridiculous statement why should someone from their own country leave because they have a strong view on immigration. It’s not racist to want to have stricter immigration policy

[@marbellaperformancecollege7962]

Piers morgan flip flops over the show depending on what’s popular or not

[@harryjackson8520]

Ikr just changed his entire argument just to go against Nigel😂

[@armstrongskyview2810]

Wow he really does not like England, perhaps he should leave if he feels so much hatred towards the English and white people.

[@MarkLoveridge-w2x]

What about the German flag, we don’t keep bring up their history every time its flown

[@danielgreen2411]

They did change flags

[@coletterea227]

This is the UK flag if you don’t like it go to a country you do like there flag at the end of the day I couldn’t see any other country giving up there flag for people that have come into the country and demand so much more than our own people get

[@joshhunt4146]

It’s not the UK flag

[@charlesburfoot1799]

St Andrew was hardly Scottish and St Patrick was a Briton who first went to Ireland after being captured by Irish slavers

[@verali164]

St Patrick was enslaved in Ireland but he escaped and went back to wales ,became a preacher and he went back to Ireland to try and convert the irish people to christianity . It took yrs but he done it. And that is why we celebrate st Patrick's day in his honour, its a religious holiday but this year it was more like a pride parade not a st Patrick's day parade.

[@tempejkl]

St. Patrick was Welsh. James Connolly was Scottish. Eamon de Valera was Argentinian and American. To us, they’re Irish.

[@christinepittard3479]

We have the British flag, because this is England, and if people from other counties don't like it, then stop moaning, go home and fly your own flag in your own country !!!🇬🇸

[@samuelmyers5084]

"The English flag is racist" what nonsense

[@StelBoy2008]

As a British Greek Cypriot, I see that saying the English flag is racist because of a few minority far right groups who use it as their symbol is like saying that Christmas should be made illegal because of a minority who don’t celebrate it.

[@TaySplatoon]

The greek flag is not racist just because EOKA uses it, this guy is completely wrong!

[@Bushwacker-mb6hw]

Every country flys their flags with pride and rightly so

[@watchalot919]

It's the far left we should fear

[@liamallan3700]

If you are not British English Scottish Welsh or Northern Irish And you are unhappy here, then go home. Simple

[@nuke2099]

You missed the Cornish.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@nuke2099they are english.

[@nuke2099]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Actually they aren't. We Cornish are listed as a national minority and our DNA is ethnically distinct. By saying the Cornish are English you have proven you don't know anything.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

@@nuke2099 False.

[@nuke2099]

@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek Not false actually go look it up.

[@KevinHobin]

Fly your flag proudly.

[@Englander284]

No it is not racist, everyone saying otherwise is wrong. The English flag is fantastic and represents good and well bred Englishmen. England, the United Kingdom, greatest country in the world, at least it used to be.

[@twosacrowd]

Idiot.....the UK isn't a country!

[@AthelstansSuccessor]

Truth🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@NeurodivergentGuy2023]

Greatest country in the world, unless you are non white, Muslim, Disabled, Gay, Trans…….. Basically no one who’s straight and white.

[@abbymulligan5188]

@@AthelstansSuccessor🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@JordanKessacl]

When ?

[@jameshaydon8922]

This is our national flag and it should be flown from every flagpole in England 24/7. Frankly if you are offended by it you shouldn't be in this country full stop.

[@a70770]

England hasn't been a nation since 1707 when the union was formed

[@barneybiggles]

Have you got one outside your house? I do.

[@jeanah685]

Absolutely do not let them take your flag!! This is English history and pride. For those who don't like it bugger off!!

[@AK_AVFC]

Of course it isn't a racist flag but some people have destroyed it's reputation

[@FleetAdmiral215]

This is the Country's flag , We're Proud !

[@greentroll9326]

about time these ppl realised this is england not the middle east ,,,

[@newanas5271]

St george is a middle Eastern man 😂.

[@greentroll9326]

@@newanas5271 and whats that got to do with the price of bacon ?

[@LuckyErmine]

It took you guys decades to realize that Africa was Africa and not London.

[@bluedwarf8858]

My front door is racist, it's white 😂

[@rattus7881]

AHHHHHHHHHH 😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@carpetsonline3718]

😂😂

[@DeanSpence-d9c]

How dare you mention the "W" word ha ha do you know how many people you just offended ha ha😂

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

I painted a black square on my door to stop racism

[@loot6]

It's not your door that's racist, it's the door making you racist. Remove the door and you will no longer be racist. The logic of the video is sound.

[@makingdisciplesuk]

It is our flag! Tired of this anti English sentiment.

[@sirdudleynightshade8747]

I remember this foreign creep from an interview some years ago. If anyone is going to instigate racial tension it's him. Kick him out.

[@TomGodson95]

Didn't know a flag had feelings and opinions 😂

[@jboydayz]

The fact this is a serious question astounds me😂 This man is a joke.

[@barrytermbull1323]

Eish that woman is a pain

[@theb1gfudge]

Go preach your 'everything is racist' gospel somewhere else.

[@stevengardner3192]

No it's not, just as the confederate flag isn't racist. it's a flag that represents a country or state in the USA

[@libellula3313]

It's the Cross of St George, our patron saint, I hate all this anti British attitude. Just realized this was posted 5 years ago! Sadly still causing problems in 2024!

[@stepkycopky9354]

If you hate a country’s flag, then don’t live there………

[@mhl8396]

Why do you insist on having on the man who thinks everything is racist?

[@itsdominic3676]

Love my flag and proud of my flag if you hate the English or British flag then leave move abroad.

[@ericplant5169]

Go and tell the King to remove the one he flies over Buckingham Palace !

[@scrollingthecomments.4043]

*Buys English flag. Will go perfect with my support British army outside

[@Cydoneon]

Someone’s mistakenly turned on the comments! Probably Schofield.. 0_o

[@davidfromengland7103]

The just jealous of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@LuckyErmine]

What is there to be jealous of? Bad teeth?

[@loot6]

This is obviously not a real discussion, everyone here is arguing for the same thing, even Nigel, otherwise he would state the obvious. This man is saying that people displaying the English flag are a "no go area" since they are almost always racist, hence if they are not allowed to display the flag anymore he will just go right in there and feel safe because they are no longer racist without their flag?

[@christopher554]

You don’t like leave the country

[@williamtomlinson994]

The state of our nation when we can't fly our flag - unbelievable.

[@ianhobbs]

Walsh people are very passionate about our country and the Walsh flag. So why can’t English people be the same. I don’t see a problem with this.

[@yatch989]

Politicians understand everything but are too afraid to speak the truth.

[@Mossyz.]

If you don't like my flag then you don't belong here .

[@johnhough7738]

The English flag is more Christian than racist; and how the hell do you get 'racist' out of a bunch of coloured crosses? (Oh ... I see, your prejudices are showing.) I'm an atheist, dyed in the wool and religious about it, but I still luvs me flag.

[@markdoughty8780]

The Dr seemed to me to have some sort of axe to grind - thank goodness for the common sense that Nigel Forage spoke up for/with. The English flag is for everyone who lives in this country with no exceptions or exclusions. Thanks for uploading.

[@MrMegan1962]

He thinks he’s living in the most racist country in the world but lives in the least racist country in the world.

[@costasefstratiou1591]

Where did you get that St George is Turkish?

[@ventibreeze6648]

It’s the flag of Great Britain! Just because it offends some people of colour doesn’t mean we should take it down.

[@a70770]

The white and red flag is not the flag of great Britain. That's what the debate was about

[@distantplaces6560]

Personally, I don’t give 2 ‘friar tucks’ what people think about my national flag, I’ll fly it wherever and whenever I want to. If you object, then feel free to live elsewhere.

[@GeorgeGiles76]

That Flag Is Majestic It Is My Pride And Honour 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Altoseb]

Windrush weren’t brought here

[@bens1972]

I don’t think its so much the English Flag as flags in general. Patriotism exists in Wales and Scotland, but not so much in England. Whenever I go to either Scotland or Wales, I see their flag as a symbol of pride. It’s used on products that are sold there and places that you visit. Whereas in England, anything that made there uses the Union Flag if anything at all. There are perhaps many reasons for this, but I suspect its England’s dominance as a nation that has a lot to do with it, going back generations to the ruling classes and their superiority. The class system in England is very much alive and well, sadly, which is very much linked to our past. Therefore there is a significant delineation between the lower, working classes, middle classes and the upper classes. The St George’s Flag seems to have been adopted by those in the lower/working class and it’s image is associated with this. But in reality, I don’t see the middle class in England showing any sort of patriotism outside of a sporting event or Royal event and even then a small minority would display a flag. Although, interestingly I have seen it in a very upper class setting in very expensive country hotel in the Cotswolds.

[@littlenan3576]

Yes patriotism does exist in England but any sign is labelled Extreme Rightwing and cancelled.

[@BT-sf5db]

Iv got a confederate flag....thinking of dangling out of window and waiting for the reaction

[@barryheckels]

if they dont like our flag then more to a country they have a flag you like

[@Kezza-p6z]

Like we keep saying if you don't like it get yourself and your families and leave it's not hard . England forever 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Stevo73660]

If only we hadn't imported the thitd world. Should have listened to Enoch.

[@RamLakhan-101]

Hows about you go and work as a slave abroad to atone for what your ancestors did! The only reason you've got a lifestyle is because of a rich and deep history of colonialism. Without it, Britain would still be a swamp. You know it. I know it.

[@TheofficialSirenheadr]

@@RamLakhan-101🤡

[@Roxy-qz4oh]

Third world?? Things are changing......

[@a70770]

And who exactly makes up a disproportionate amount of the nhs workforce per capita?

[@Stevo73660]

@@a70770 badly and untrained Africans probably.

[@FiremarshalM1]

Kehinde is a DEI expert. I can tell.

[@taffwob]

He's a professor of Black Studies, that's all you need to know.

[@Matt-vg7wy]

If you don’t like the British flag then move to a country where you do like the flag. The front of it. It’d be like me living in another country and saying I don’t like there flag.

[@JayneThompson-i7k]

Well said

[@Akolgo_islam]

Today’s fun fact: st George was not an 11th Century Englishman who slayed a dragon in Oxfordshire

[@Cloudberry46]

St. Edmund was the first patron saint of England up until 1350 when he was replaced by St. George - Not sure why. At least Edmund was an English king.

[@fosphor8920]

"He was only usurped by Saint George thanks to Richard the Lionheart, who adopted that Palestinian upstart while he was gallivanting around the Holy Land on one of his expensive crusades. Even after he was replaced by Saint George as patron saint of England, the cult of Saint Edmund endured." It seems it was because of that french guy hah

[@RamLakhan-101]

How can a flag be a racist symbol!? I'll tell you how. When its misappropriated by jingoists. The guest speaker has a point.

[@CMDRRustyDog]

But the flag isn't inherently racist. The people are! People who aren't racist, should and would still fly that flag. We fought and won 2 worlds wars under that flag! Many died for that flag. And it wasn't to have the country in the state it's in now. A soup with more ingredients than it ever wanted or needs

[@poofighter3741]

Why is England not listed as a country? Although England operates as a semi-autonomous region, it is not officially an independent country and instead is part of the country known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland-the United Kingdom for short

[@robbiemorrison7085]

Well we wave this flag at football matches

[@chadderz01]

The black guy is in delululu land he speaks the English language he eats British food in a British home and enjoys British freedom I don't understand why people like this don't move away and live a happy life somewhere else

[@PatrickquintonOwens]

Im english and proud, I'm going to work on my eloquention and pronunciation, futhermore people like this guy confuse youngsters some of whom dont have alot of pride guidence or any confidence and stop the wave of nationalism and support for our king we need to have in order to have a moral civilised society! The king is and should be constantly acknowledged as our hero and the ever patient loving Father of our nation!

[@webocoli]

Well I don't want the Palestinian flag being flown in this fair land! I find it offensive! I'm backing Britain 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@leonardgibney2997]

Nigel, don't you think the Mint should bring out a new 50 pence coin commemorating the 150th birthday next year of Sir Winston Churchill? They gave us one with the words "Diversity Built Britain" recently. They could redeem themselves a little this way.

[@jeffsmith2144]

Did someone marry that women 😮. Poor git.

[@TomGodson95]

that guy talking about the crusades doesn't know anything else he would know the first crusades happened after islamic leaders started raiding Christian countries and taking it for their own, the crusades was a direct response to this

[@jennyeckley4710]

Dont like the country move out of it problem solved

[@loot6]

If you want to ban displaying the English flag then change it first because currently it’s still the flag of this country.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

England ain’t a nation anymore.Its a state flag,if I’m right.

[@loot6]

@@anti-Russia-sigma No you're not right. When do you think it changed from being a country?

[@loot6]

@@anti-Russia-sigma No we're in England, the flag is still the flag of England so if you want to ban displaying the flag IN England then the only logical first step would be to change the flag of England.

[@causeeffect7624]

They won't let him speak; and they are acknowledging he's right.

[@janc-xyz]

I can't believe this. Why on earth is this family living in a country that they hate?

[@barneybiggles]

Well my flagpole with the England flag flying is staying up, the only restriction on it is the height, not many people walk past it but 10,000 cars a day drive past.

[@johnmckenna9295]

No it isn't, and anyone who says it is, is a traitor

[@adrianbetts2499]

Unbelievable... I suggest he emigrates to America where everyone and everything has an American flag flying from it... He would probably even get away with flying the Union Jack there !!!

[@raymondwilliams5538]

It called democracy, one person objects, so sod the majority , it's England, fly the flag with pride as the Welsh fly the Dragon and are proud of it.

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Playing the old racist card . The ace of spades .

[@roughblooduk]

I'm English, it's racist not to allow me to celebrate Englishness.

[@PortmanRd]

Born in England so that makes me English. Get rid of the flag? Ain't never gonna happen.

[@1867WorksopOwl]

I don't think it's the flag of england it is the flag of england .... We shouldn't change anything about it if people are crying over a flag then it's their problem

[@andrewedwards817]

I have a tattoo of the English flag on my back so am I racist? That means he's judging someone he doesn't even know. I'm not racist as my sister is half cast

[@topps1765]

If Americans fly there flag with pride why can’t we.

[@danny6_6_6]

Hes even a victim of a flag 😅😅

[@Oz_2024]

If you don’t like it leave. Enough!

[@SpartanCyp]

When you find out saint george was of greek origin you will have a completely different outlook lol

[@johnhough7738]

I'm with Ayn Rand on the issue of racism (she disliked "collectivisms"; she was all for The Individual). So skin colour is merely an outdated convenient label. Times change. So myself, I cheat- -I judge folks by what they do, rather than by what they say or what I'm told about them. Colour, clothing, gender, so what? AND I judge for myself; nobody controls my thinking ... although many try. The headline to this lot "Is England's flag racist?" is in itself a loaded question that would only be asked by some opportunist out for a freebie.

[@Altoseb]

Rand...lol!

[@johnhough7738]

Yay! And Lots Of Love to you too ...@@Altoseb

[@littlenan3576]

It is rather racist to make out our flag is racist. Any national flag stands for that race but the racism they mean is nasty.

[@johnhough7738]

They are trying to folks feel guilty, but it only works on people who unthinkingly comply. Next they'll be trying say that any flag with a cross in it is religionist ... folks who can't use logic rely on emotion, no? For myself I refuse to accept ANY form of unearned guilt. (And yes, it really is that simple.)@@littlenan3576