13/08/2026
Yes to Flags put up by the community legally and with the consent of the community when it is about celebrating the community. No to flags when they are put up illegally in contravention of the Highways act on increasingly inappropriate lampposts, by a group intent on promoting the mass deportation of immigrants alongside other racist and homophobic views of the world. As one person said to me: “Patriots don’t break the law of the country they love [to put up flags].”
They claim to want to see criminals punished to the full extent of the law yet go about breaking the law daily, and thoughtlessly creating an atmosphere where people are afraid to go out because the lighting at night is compromised by flags blowing in the way of street lighting that was already too dim.
Sawley Community Council puts up flags with and in celebration of the community. Long Eaton has an opportunity to have its own Community or Town Council which could do the same on designated flag poles and above not blocking streetlights.
You still have a week left to get involved in that consultation.
Erewash Consultation: https://letstalk.erewash.gov.uk/community-governance-review-have-your-say
Local Survey on the Future of Wilsthorpe in particular: https://www.erewashlibdems.org.uk/wilsthorpe-future
