howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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from the express today.
BRITAIN should consider quitting the EU, scornful Euro MPs said yesterday after the Daily Express exposed Brussels' latest power grab.
During heated exchanges, British MEPs were heckled at an EU meeting as they referred to our front page report that Brussels could force sports stars to wear the EU flag on their kit.
The German committee chairwoman, Doris Pack, accused Ukip MEP Paul Nuttall of grandstanding when he flourished a copy of yesterday's Daily Express and described the EU proposal as "baloney".
She said, to applause from some MEPs, that it was just "better not" to speak about the British press.
She later added: "In the Lisbon Treaty there is a possibility to leave the EU ... I only wanted to say it."
MEPs at the meeting said they understood her comments to mean Britain had the mechanism to leave the EU if it wanted. Mr Nuttall said: "The chairwoman got quite irate and said the good thing about the Lisbon Treaty is that it includes a clause that would let us leave, that would allow we British to leave".
Yesterday we revealed how the European Parliament is considering, as part of wide ranging report on sport, plans to force European teams to wear the EU flag on their kit in addition to their national flag.
The idea that sports stars, including our football, rugby, cricket and Olympic teams, might have to display the blue and yellow symbol prompted outrage in Britain.
Tory MP Tracey Crouch, who is a qualified FA coach, said: "It's outrageous. It's an affront to our national teams."
Former England football manager Graham Taylor said: "When competing European nations play against each other it seems pointless to have the European flag on both teams' shirts. It seems a bit daft."
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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It all seems a little daft, from beginning to end:-
Daft; Reading the Express,
Daft; Reporting on the ranting of UKIP,
Daft; One of the kinder words ever used for GT in the tabloid press,
Daft; A Tory named after a Thunderbird-puppet posing position.
But,
Fun, I suppose.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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I think this is possibly one of those lunatic Daily Expres items, an organisation that panders to the desperate UKIP voter. Remember the one about straight bananas years ago...is your banana straight!!??
Brian Dixon
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i cant see what the outrage is about,most cars in the uk have the eu symbol on there number plates so it does.if thats aceptable why not on our sports stars kit.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Brian that's only so that when you pop across to Calais you don't have to stick on a GB sticker. Otherwise we would not have one on ours.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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On my last car I covered up the EU logo with the flag of St George (could not find a Union Flag!). I refused to have that hated symbol of foreign domination shown on my car....
My current car does without thankfully!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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brian
the logo would be on every sportsmans kit in the e.u.
in the champions league for example every side would be wearing the same logo.
i am in agreement with barry on this one, our forebears stopped us having to wave the swastika, the same should apply to any other flag.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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howard its no differant than any other logo thats on a sports shirt.
peter,it still has gb underneath it but have seen cars with gb stickers on the backs of there cars.
barryw,i am affraid that the flag of st george still represents the bnp to me and i find it being raseist.sorry.
Jan Higgins
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I have never connected the flag of St George with the BNP. it is the flag of England and that is all, the same as the flag of St Andrew is Scotland's national flag.
If you are English wave the flag of St George with pride and f... the BNP.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Brian you are wrong. The English flag does not represent the BNP. That flag was around hundreds of years before them.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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What a sad reflection that comment is on you Brian
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I go with what Barry said in his last post on that one,and nothing to add to it.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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I don't have a problem with the EU flag either and display it happily on my GB sticker on the car.
Brian's comments on the St George's flag are a sad reflection but not on him but on the fact that in the minds of many far right have effectively hijacked it as theirs.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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They can only hijack it if we let them and the sad reflection on Brian is that he has capitulated and in his mind let them do so.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Stuff the EU and its flag
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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Some of us transcend national boundaries and symbols!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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getting back to the logos, the ryder cup has it right in my view.
the flag of the country of every competitor is flown alongside the e.u. one.
then the national anthem of each country and the e.u. one is played.
wonder how long it will be before they try to stop us having all our national anthems?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I hate our depressing dirge but do not believe that any country will forgo it's own anthem in favour of the EU one. I suppose I must have heard it at some time but have no idea what it is.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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The rules already state that if a public building flies both EU and national flags the EU flag takes precedence.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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barryw,such a sad reflection that you had a mind to put it on there in the first place.
being a soscalist i would be happy with the eu logo on my car plates [if i had a car] or any where else they would care to stick it.
