A Gay, Green voting man said he is being called a bigot and a far right extremist – because his doormat has a Union Flag on it. Ash Middleton, 46, said he was left ‘physically shaking’ after one argument where he was slammed for showing a flag ‘associated with the UKIP and fascism’. Mr Middleton also has an Italian boyfriend’
Mr Middleton said: They assume that anybody showing that flag is a Leave bigot, has fascist tendencies, or is a lager lout who loves Nigel Farage. What people need to do is look beyond that assumption as I’m none of those things.
For me, the Union Jack is an iconic symbol of being British – it makes me feel at home. I remember watching Charles and Diana’s wedding with my mum, who has passed away. She was a child in the Second World War and my parents grew up proud of Britain. The flag pushed back the Nazis. Some liberals forget how they became allowed to be liberal.
He has been away in America for the last four years and after returning to the UK, decided to display what he says is a ‘retro cool’ doormat outside his home in Brighton. To utter disbelief he has had total strangers asking if he is as a potential BNP member for displaying the ‘threatening’ flag.
He challenged his critics, saying: ‘Are you happy to let these thugs and bigots take possession and abuse our symbols of national pride and subsume them into their propaganda? Or should we stand up and take them back?’ This comes as a cafe in Romford was branded racist after it placed tiny Union flags on its food. Customers complained when they spotted the decorations on sandwiches and toast.
A pizza shop owner in London was also forced to remove a Union Flag mural on the side of the wall after the Council deemed that it could be offensive to some communities.
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