How Many Years Make A “Tradition”?
…so how many years makes for a “tradition”? With the BBC; not so many when it suits them.
Number 10 shuns EU flag tradition
Downing Street will not fly the EU flag over Number 10 during Europe Day on Monday unlike previous years, the BBC has learned.
The Royal Wedding…traditional. Morris dancing…traditional. Flying the EU flag? Meh.
The UK’s relationship with Europe is a potential source of tension between the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition partners.
Making an uncalled for political point about the whole thing the BBCs own Laura Kuenssberg tweets:
No 10, FCO + Treasury decide not to fly EU flag for Europe day on Monday, but Vince’s BIS dept will! (DECC conviently has no flagpole)
Really? The Coalition must be doomed. Doooomed! The BBC – looking for splits wherever they can…
“…so how many years makes for a “tradition”? That’s a question I asked myself @
http://witteringwitney.blogspot.com/2011/05/political-posturing.html
a while ago
Nice one banned. I should have guessed that it wasn’t an original thought but I don’t often check out Witterings unless someone points me there for a specific reason. Not sure why…but you’ve probably got a daily read list as long as mine so you can’t fit everyone in.
It’s always a good read when I do get there.
Hey, ASE, I appreciate you dropping by and the blogroll linkage! Nice place you have here, and I’ll return the favor.
Can I just say screw the E.U. AND its flag?
Thanks Karen, good to see you here. ASE is a random mixture of UK, US politics and absolute nonsense from around the world.
Hope you find at least some of those bits enjoyable 🙂