I have recently arrived home, in Leeds, from work to be confronted by two Police Officers, who according to neighbours have been calling back and forth most of the day and at one point sat outside my door for over an hour during which time a number of neighbours were quizzed as to my whereabouts and “what sort of person I am”.Many of whom thought that perhaps I had commited some heinous crime.

Had I killed a child, robbed the local bank at gun point or held Membership to an International Drug Cartel? The answer to that question is a resounding NO. My “crime”? I have flown the National flag of England on my property for the past two years since we bought this house, and Ihave been told, in no uncertain terms, that I risk arrest if I continue to do so.

It appears that someone who walked past my house over the weekend has reported that she finds seing the National Flag of this Country “uncomfortable” and has surmised that I am clearly a Racist and should be stopped from doing so.

The Police were quite candid in explaining that the complainant is Asian, probably Islamic, and lives in the area but not in my Street,(A cul-de-sac), but can see my Flag when he walks through the Park that is situated in close proximity to me. This person’s discomfort was not reported to the local Police Station but to a “Community Constable” of whom there are many since the London Bombings.

I told the Police that the Pakistani Flag is often seen flying in this area of Beeston on both Cars and Buildings and that I sometimes found that uncomfortable but was warned that “those sort of comments were racist”.

Perhaps someone can help me here? Someone complains about the Cross of St George and is instructed, on pain of arrest,to remove it from Private Property in England, yet to complain about the Pakistani Flag being flown in England is “Racist”?? Is it just me or there someone wrong with this picture?

I am former Soldier with 26 years service, (including boy Service)I’m in full-time Employment,am married to a School Teacher, have a young family pay my taxes and bills and own my own home and, with the exception of Driving Offences,(speeding, parking) have an unblemished Record. I do not belong to any Political Party and keep myself to myself, yet to be subjected to this is beyond belief and perhaps goes someway to explaining the the rise of Organisations like the BNP

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[Below is a web site that wants Union Jack to be black-ed]

http://www.reflag.co.uk/start.htm