Stepheng, England – Tide of red and white across England – was raised on Lampposts, covered with cross corridors, stuck on residential windows.
Those behind it insist on this campaign to raise the English flag, known as St. George Cross, is an expression of patriotism; Others see the sudden spread of the banner, which is sometimes associated with disturbance in football and racism, as an anti -extreme right -wing feelings.
World fever discussion this week went when Elon Musk, former President Donald Trump’s former adviser and supporter of the far -right movements worldwide, published a picture of the science on X. Vice President JD Vance, also interfering with British life, and urged people to “retreat against Crazies” criticizing flying in science.
“The process raises colors”
In a country where the national flag is rare outside of sporting events, the signs that are now fluttering on a highway here in Stevenage are typical for those who have appeared in the country in recent weeks as part of the “process of raising colors”.
The flags were launched here last week by a group of five runs, including Luis Torvi, who read about the national movement on Facebook, where he said he was getting most of his news.
Tourvi, 33, who has the heritage of Roma, and grew up in London, 30 minutes by train, says he was in no way driven by right or hostile feelings. Instead, he wanted to do something positive and to fly his national flag “as you see on a vacation in Greece or Spain.”
“I saw all the flags rising throughout the country and thought,” How beautiful is that? “NBC News said on the nearby Starbucks:” I kept thinking: Who will do that “here?” Well, you know what, I will do that. “
He said that he met his colleagues with the flags through his online handle “Stevenage Patriots” and had not met them before. He added: “I am gay and a lot of my friends, so I was very tense with four boys, respectively.” “But it was a beautiful evening, in reality, very soothing.”
However, he soon suffered from the extent of imposing fees on this debate when, just as his group was filling, one of them threw Molotov cocktails, and the second beheaded the head of Torfi and covered his face with blood. “I thought I was going to die,” he said, shook clearly because of an accident he says had stopped his science activities at least.
Critics believe that the dark forces put the broader flag campaign.
They look at this more than just an aggressive and provocative message for people with an immigrant background and non -white residents.
Racism Campaign Group We hope you will not hate reporting The founders of operations raise the colors include “known extremists from the far right” and Tommy Robinson’s allies, the real name Stephen Yakli Lennon, a condemned fraud with a violent criminal record that has become a leading national voice in Britain. In fact, Musk himself used its fans of X of 223 million people to express support for Robinson, as well as other right -wing personalities in Britain and through Europe.
NBC News made the three officials of the operation to raise the Colors Facebook page, and asked to comment and interviews with these founders, but they did not receive a response.
These widespread concerns. When the St. George Cross was painted on the wall of the Church, the Baptist, John the Baptist, in the town of Lincoln, MP, Rachel Hyskins, saw a “clear” attempt to intimidate “a diverse local community.
“The St. George’s Cross has become a symbol of nationalism that has become confused with patriotism – they are completely different.” I told BBC.
All this comes because immigration is now a higher issue for voters in England, after it has just exceeded the living crisis that suffocates millions. The most popular political party is the United Kingdom’s reform, led by Trump’s ally and his friend Nigel Faraj, who recently said that he will take a mass deportation of 600,000 people if he won the upcoming elections in 2029.
Britain’s national identity is doublely complicated because the UK includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. During the FIFA World Cup and on some days of public holidays, the England logo is widely used by people from all political and demographic lines, but outside these events, it was chosen by nationalists, the extreme right and even fascists.
Cindeer Catwala, British Future Director, an ID research tank, said that all data show that most people in Britain have become more forgiving and less racist. He said that the small minority that carries severe and racist views was given the loudspeakers and the place of a meeting by the unorganized social media platforms.
This is definitely a 44 -year -old experience, a British with the heritage of Bangladesh, sitting with his 11 -year -old daughter in Steping City Square after the war.
“I remember that I am a child and I have been called all kinds of racist names. I haven’t got it anymore,” said Moj, who rejected a lot in this town with a population of 80,000.
Despite the improvement, science still carries negative indications for him. He said: “In some areas, if I see knowledge of the English language, there is always a part of me thinking, well, I must be somewhat careful here.”
In 1946, Stepheng dreamed of as an example of modernity, the “New town”, a commercial integrated commercial space to accommodate families spread in the war. Today – Despite the scheme of renewal of one billion pounds (1.35 billion dollars) on the road – you feel dull stones and façade devices, which are made of glass, as if it were encryptive to modern Britain.
As in all parts of the West, many Britons are increasingly anxious and angry with high prices, diverse public services, and a lack of housing – and the perception that immigration has been managed.
All this leaves the “UK sitting on a box of separation and division”, according to a long report by the British future. The cost and living crisis is doubled by social media, and this is “the transformation of the chronic crisis of social separation into a sharp threat from the social division.”
Torfi hangs the flags in his community, then shocked by a cocktail Molotov. He saw those divisions flowing into life. He said he was a dressing, he received a stitches and delivered a police statement, although he had not seen his attackers and had not heard from the officers since then.
Initially, I think the blood runs on his face was acid (Acid attacks in the UK riseHe said that the accident was not only added to the chronic anxiety caused by gay phobia in 2018.
Although it strengthens any form of racism or negative associated with the movement of science, he says that part of his motives stems from the perception that the current work government “does not flirt with the English people” and “may be the reason for this is that people feel upset at the present time.”
In fact, opinion polls have shown work in its lowest support since 2019, with only 20 % of the votes in a wage opinion poll this week. Meanwhile, the Farage Reform Party increased to 28 %, according to the same most prominent opinion polls, the highest party but not enough to rule without an alliance was a national vote. Prime Minister Kiir Starmer took a growing rhetoric on immigration.
He is under pressure to deal with the “small boat” crisis, as more than 50,000 people have reached small unsafe ships across the English channel from France since he won the ground collapse elections last year. Meanwhile, the government won a battle in the Supreme Court on Friday so that the asylum seekers can continue in a hotel in Ebing, northeast London, a site that has sparked many protests and recovers.
All this is the alleged gang scandal: sexual exploitation of young women and girls by men in British cities and cities. A review found in June that although most of the alleged perpetrators were eggs, in some areas, there were higher rates of Asian and Pakistani heritage men, their equivalent share of the population. At the same time, the review warned that many of those who claim anger were trying to “spread division and hatred through societies.”
Thus, in the midst of all this, he goes to English science.
“There may be one or two organic sites and began from the bottom,” said Catwala, director of the British Future. “Then there is another group – again, it’s a very small group – it is very politically extreme, you know what you do and why do you do it.”