Does Labour really love the St George’s Cross?

Following last night’s mammoth parliamentary ping pong session, a funny thing happened early this morning. As various members of HM Press Gallery began to stir themselves today, the social media feeds of various Labour candidates began to be bombarded with graphic after graphic of the English flag, emblazoned with a message wishing one and all a happy St George’s day. Clearly, the free thinking men and women of the Starmer army had all got the message from on high. And then the great Keirleader himself published a rather snazzy video, waxing lyrical — in true Shakespearean style — about what England means to him. Eat your heart out Prince Hal.

But — and Mr S hates to be a cynic about such things — how genuine is all this flag-waving? After all, it was only, er, Sunday that polling found that Labour voters are 13 times more likely as Conservative supporters to describe England’s flag as ‘racist and divisive.’