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DUP calls for Union flag-flying guidance to include Northern Ireland

Meanwhile DUP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the Northern Ireland Protocol, which governs post Brexit trade arrangements, is “deeply damaging” to the Union.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-03-25 10:46
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The DUP has called for new guidance on the flying of the Union flag to be extended to Northern Ireland.

The national flag is to be flown on UK Government buildings every day in a bid to unite the nation.

At present, Union flags are only required to be flown on UK Government buildings on designated days, but the new guidance from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will ask for it to be flown all the time in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Union flag flying over Belfast City Hall to mark the Duchess of Cambridge’s birthday
The Union flag flying over Belfast City Hall to mark the Duchess of Cambridge’s birthday (Paul Faith/PA)

However in Northern Ireland it will continue to be flown only on designated days.

Flags and emblems are a contentious issue among Northern Ireland’s divided communities.

Kate Hoey Tweeted: “Always lovely to see the Union flag on our Northern Ireland buildings.”

Yes me too. Always lovely to see the Union flag on our Northern Ireland buildings @DUPleader @SteveAikenUUP @naomi_long https://t.co/TVsMIzjIDN

— Kate Hoey (@CatharineHoey) March 24, 2021

Union activist Jamie Bryson Tweeted: “The Union flag should plainly fly 365 days a year on all Government buildings. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and therefore should fly the national flag on the same terms as every other part of the UK. Pandering to nationalist ‘sensitivities’ has went far enough.”

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The Union flag should plainly fly 365 days a year on all Government buildings. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and therefore should fly the national flag on the same terms as every other part of the UK. Pandering to nationalist ‘sensitivities’ has went far enough.

— Jamie Bryson (@JamieBrysonCPNI) March 25, 2021

Bizarre

In 2012 the decision of Belfast City Council to reduce the number of days on which the Union flag is flown from City Hall sparked widespread protests and disorder.

DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said it is “bizarre” that the UK Government is “only deciding in 2021 to fly the Union flag, the flag of our nation, on all Government buildings every day”.

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DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (Brian Lawless/PA)

“When I visit other nations around the world, flying the national flag on Government buildings is commonplace,” he said.

“The decision to exclude Northern Ireland at this stage is wrong and runs contrary to New Decade, New Approach which sought to align us with the rest of the UK when it came to the Union flag being flown on Government buildings.

“This is a matter we will be pressing the Government to address.”

Brexit

Meanwhile Sir Jeffrey said the Northern Ireland Protocol, which governs post Brexit trade arrangements, is “deeply damaging” to the Union.

The mechanism has brought additional checks on goods arriving at the region’s ports from Great Britain, and has been dubbed a border in the Irish Sea.

“If the Government wanted to immediately improve the Union, they would start with the removal of the protocol,” the Lagan Valley MP said.

Related: The Sun delights as ministers confirm union flag will fly on all UK govt buildings every day

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