People putting flags up , outside houses ,and attached to streetlights and street furniture.

Councils flying the wrong flag over the town hall ?

What would be the flag of choice outside your house?

Obviously on this thread Pride will win by a country mile , but what about the rest ?

Seems a bit mad the Lionesses came home to 10 Downing street decked out in George Cross flags , but if the MSM are to be believed councils are removing them as fast as they can!

The BBC even made Cookie Monster wear a poppy they're that worried about poppy backlash.

15 minutes ago, Sweep said:

The latter one, I really don't care. It should be up to an individual if they want to wear a poppy or not, in the same way as players shouldn't be forced to take the knee, they also shouldn't be forced to wear a poppy.

Are the BBC making "anti patriotism" fashionable? - don't talk soft. Just because somebody doesn't want to hang a £2 JD Sports England flag from the nearest lamppost, or make their house or pub look fucking ridiculous, in the name of attention seeking (see below) it doesn't make them unpatriotic.

The flat roof pub to end all others.

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

Poppy gate soon chaps.

 

Poppymas.

One of my favourite times of the year. Its especially good down in East Kent.

1 hour ago, Sweep said:

The latter one, I really don't care. It should be up to an individual if they want to wear a poppy or not, in the same way as players shouldn't be forced to take the knee, they also shouldn't be forced to wear a poppy.

Are the BBC making "anti patriotism" fashionable? - don't talk soft. Just because somebody doesn't want to hang a £2 JD Sports England flag from the nearest lamppost, or make their house or pub look fucking ridiculous, in the name of attention seeking (see below) it doesn't make them unpatriotic.

It does in Bolty’s eyes. I’m not sure what he means by a reckoning? Maybe special camps for all the traitors where they sing the national anthem every morning & watch GB News until cured ? 
 

Players aren’t being told by employers that they must take the knee or wear a poppy. It’s more a case of not wanting the drama that comes with not doing it. Fair play to Calvin Lewin at the weekend, he gave valid reasons for it. Can also respect JamesMcClean for his rational behind the decision not to wear a poppy. It’s insane how much his decision triggers people. 

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Wait till you see the fistmaster5000 remembrance edition. 

Has lest we forget scribed on the sperms collection tray and jabs away at exactly the same speed as a WW1 assault rifle used in battle by our forces.

It also leaves your bum hole looking like an actual poppy.

I've heard you can also attach a small canister that releases a microdose of mustard gas at climax, to give that true "in the trenches" style choking/teary eyed orgasm

31 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

It does in Bolty’s eyes. I’m not sure what he means by a reckoning? Maybe special camps for all the traitors where they sing the national anthem every morning & watch GB News until cured ? 

I'm not sure he does either really

3 minutes ago, Sweep said:

I'm not sure he does either really

He got all excited about the prospect of slapping Greta Thunberg about… maybe it’s something similar for anyone who doesn’t wear a poppy every year. 

Edited October 22, 2025Oct 22 by London Wanderer

11 minutes ago, London Wanderer said:

He got all excited about the protest of slapping Greta Thunberg about… maybe it’s something similar for anyone who doesn’t wear a poppy every year. 

Greta Thunberg is a dick, but it's amazing how many people (generally middle aged Gammons) she manages to trigger.

I sometimes wear a poppy, I think I did a couple of years ago, but I generally don't, it doesn't really mean anything, I just forget to get one.

My favourite though is when you see football fans, buying the club badge/poppy badges in a pub off some scrote and proudly wearing them, as though they're both a superfan and also supporting the poppy cause.....when really, they know they've actually been made in China for about $1 each, and fuck all money actually goes to the Royal British Legion 

Edited October 22, 2025Oct 22 by Sweep

22 minutes ago, Sweep said:

Greta Thunberg is a dick, but it's amazing how many people (generally middle aged Gammons) she manages to trigger.

I sometimes wear a poppy, I think I did a couple of years ago, but I generally don't, it doesn't really mean anything. My favourite is when you see football fans, buying the club badge/poppy badges in a pub off some scrote and proudly wearing them, as though they're both a superfan and also supporting the poppy cause.....when really, they know they've actually been made in China for about $1 each, and fuck all money actually goes to the Royal British Legion 

Used to wear them. Not any more really, similar reasons to you tbh. But I’ve always done something at work around the topic, I do think it’s important we remember and discuss the sacrifices people made.

 Can’t help but also think about the pointless sacrifices and young lives wasted over the years. Particularly WW1, Vietnam & even Iraq. 

Patriotism isn’t always a force for good. 

Wilfred says it better than I ever could,

 

6 hours ago, Sweep said:

The latter one, I really don't care. It should be up to an individual if they want to wear a poppy or not, in the same way as players shouldn't be forced to take the knee, they also shouldn't be forced to wear a poppy.

Are the BBC making "anti patriotism" fashionable? - don't talk soft. Just because somebody doesn't want to hang a £2 JD Sports England flag from the nearest lamppost, or make their house or pub look fucking ridiculous, in the name of attention seeking (see below) it doesn't make them unpatriotic.

WTF are you on about you gobshite? For the record, I completely agree with your first paragraph.

Who has suggested that everybody should go along to JD Sports blah, blah, blah? Certainly not me. I wouldn't go to the trouble but for those who feel the need then they shouldn't be forced not to. I'm sure you will agree?

I wouldn't trust the BBC (from a news perspective) along with any of the other mainstreams like ITV, 4, 5, Sky etc. All complicit IMO in a pernicious belittling of that little dot on the globe which has provided so much to so many for so long.

GSTK. Rule Britannia. No surrender.

4 hours ago, Sweep said:

I've heard you can also attach a small canister that releases a microdose of mustard gas at climax, to give that true "in the trenches" style choking/teary eyed orgasm

From personal experience more like.

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

 

GSTK. Rule Britannia. No surrender.

Proper patriots don’t run away

 Lightweight 

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

I wouldn't trust the BBC (from a news perspective) along with any of the other mainstreams like ITV, 4, 5, Sky etc.

I wonder who he does trust to accurately report the news..?

16 hours ago, DazBob said:

I wonder who he does trust to accurately report the news..?

The only one that is completely impartial and not at all right wing. 
 

GBNews

 

31 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

Fucking pricks.

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

Horrible fucking bullying pricks.

Amended for you.

32 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

What a muppet eh

 It’s quite clear the lamppost (whilst not technically his) is at the end of his drive. A little common sense is all that’s needed.

“Support the country you live in, or live in the country you support”

”Traitor”

The irony of these morons , forcing their view on everybody & calling anyone who disagrees a TrAiToR. Reminiscent of National Socialism. 
 

Where the fuck do they expect this fella to go live ?

These types of videos have been a constant since the movement began. Not shining a very nice light on it are they.

Also seen a few videos doing the rounds of folk harassing asylum seekers outside hotels. One even broke in & started filming in their rooms. (Can’t even be legal surely) Turns out one poor lad had lost his family back home & one of his kids during the journey. 
 

There are some proper emboldened pricks about these days. But when you’re of the TMJ mindset, that these men should all be treated as “rapists & knifemen”, then you’re going to think this type of behaviour is okay. And even necessary. 

1 hour ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

they aren't acting very British are they

anyway

just take it down and let them, as they say, report him to the police for stealing their flag

and if the police do come round just say "no, I didn't steal their flag"

if folk want to stick them on main roads, up to them, but fuck off doing it on residential streets unless it's right outside your own house

1 hour ago, Zico said:

they aren't acting very British are they

anyway

just take it down and let them, as they say, report him to the police for stealing their flag

and if the police do come round just say "no, I didn't steal their flag"

if folk want to stick them on main roads, up to them, but fuck off doing it on residential streets unless it's right outside your own house

Problem is that folk are being assaulted for taking them down

 Workers & members of the public 

2 hours ago, DazBob said:

Amended for you.

Horrible bullying pricks is right. 
 

‘Everyone’ such bollocks.

 

It is amazing how they think they speak for everyone. 
 

 

Haven’t worn a poppy in years. No particular reason for it, mainly as I don’t have cash on me anymore.
 

One thing is certain though, if some bellend is telling me I should have to wear one, then that’s only steering me one way. 

2 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Haven’t worn a poppy in years. No particular reason for it, mainly as I don’t have cash on me anymore.
 

One thing is certain though, if some bellend is telling me I should have to wear one, then that’s only steering me one way. 

I buy the pin badge every year, it usually goes straight on the cork board when I get home.

3 hours ago, deeane Koontz said:

 

tell you what though

had a look at this account

this video is shocking to see

"stop the boats"

as said before, france don't want them either, so they aren't going to stop them, and it's too late once they reach our shores

but seeing that queue and watching them go across the beach, into the sea and on the boat

fuck me

https://x.com/RTCORGUK/status/1986832008262373778?s=20

3 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Haven’t worn a poppy in years. No particular reason for it, mainly as I don’t have cash on me anymore.
 

One thing is certain though, if some bellend is telling me I should have to wear one, then that’s only steering me one way. 

The poppy is all about fund raising for the British Legion who support ex servicemen and their families in need. Just pay cash for once a year in the Co Op and put your change in the tin... pick up a paper poppy if you feel the need but just put a few coppers in the tin. 

The symbol has been hijacked, for the record I can't recall my Dad, who was a Normandy tank  veteran wearing one or my wife's Dad who flew 50 missions in Lancasters. They weren't members of the Legion and just got on with life after the war without needing support

It's your choice and they would stick up for you if they were still here amongst us.