Arguing about the last night of the Proms is as much of an annual tradition as the music itself. Usually this hubbub has something to do with it being the very last place, or occasion, where people sing along with a straight face to ‘Rule, Britannia’. This year though the storm revolves around EU flags being confiscated by Proms’ security staff.
There is nobody more committed to the EU than a certain type of British Remainer
What seems to have sparked the flag crackdown at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday was a gathering outside by a pro-EU campaign group called ‘Thank EU For The Music’. Ten thousand EU flags were dished out to lucky ticket holders. Charlie Rome, 40, from south London, who helped organise the demonstration, said the show of flags wasn’t intended to ‘spoil’ the last night of the Proms:
‘We are not trying to make a mess of things.
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