08-20-2013, 10:45 AM
It would be a little different in the UK.
In some circumstances planning permission is actually required!
On the other hand, we Brits tend not to use our national flag in the same way that you guys do in the USA. I've noticed the Stars and Stripes are almost ubiquitous.
In the UK we tend to see our national flag mostly above or outside public buildings such as Hospitals, Police Stations and Courts or perhaps very large corporate buildings. There are however, very few instances of individuals flying the Union flag from their homes. Some people call it the Union Jack others say it should only be called a jack when flying from the mast of a war ship. It seems the Admiralty had a slow day in 1902 and gave full consideration to the matter and decided that officially the British Flag could be called the Union Jack in any circumstance. They even issued a circular on the matter - good of them! lol
I happen to think that unless you have a particularly large house in its own grounds, a judges lodgings for example, flying the Union Jack from your home looks tacky and makes you appear to look like a supporter of the BNP or EDL.
Flying the Rainbow flag from your home in some parts would be to invite trouble. Many business in the Liverpool Gay Quarter now fly the rainbow flag from a fixed pole at a 45 degree angle, I've noticed. Perhaps the quirky angle gets around the need for planning permission.
We can be such pedantic rule obeying idiots in the UK at times!
In some circumstances planning permission is actually required!
On the other hand, we Brits tend not to use our national flag in the same way that you guys do in the USA. I've noticed the Stars and Stripes are almost ubiquitous.
In the UK we tend to see our national flag mostly above or outside public buildings such as Hospitals, Police Stations and Courts or perhaps very large corporate buildings. There are however, very few instances of individuals flying the Union flag from their homes. Some people call it the Union Jack others say it should only be called a jack when flying from the mast of a war ship. It seems the Admiralty had a slow day in 1902 and gave full consideration to the matter and decided that officially the British Flag could be called the Union Jack in any circumstance. They even issued a circular on the matter - good of them! lol
I happen to think that unless you have a particularly large house in its own grounds, a judges lodgings for example, flying the Union Jack from your home looks tacky and makes you appear to look like a supporter of the BNP or EDL.
Flying the Rainbow flag from your home in some parts would be to invite trouble. Many business in the Liverpool Gay Quarter now fly the rainbow flag from a fixed pole at a 45 degree angle, I've noticed. Perhaps the quirky angle gets around the need for planning permission.
We can be such pedantic rule obeying idiots in the UK at times!
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