I have to laugh about the fact that half the flags are the wrong way around so here is a friendly guide.
It assumes the flag pole is on the left by the way.
The correct way
Submitted 6 months ago by brewery@feddit.uk to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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huf@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 months ago
This is why I scruffily daub England flags onto mini roundabouts.
I’m not sure who told the far right that flying a flag is anti-establishment. The fucking king flies them for fucks sake.
Etterra@discuss.online 6 months ago
How are you supposed to even tell from a distance? In America hanging the flag upside down is used as a distress signal - how do y’all do it?
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
If it’s been flown at all it’s a sign of distress. It’s something only racists do, to try and prove they’re better then everyone else.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You think any and all instances of a country’s flag being flown means the person who put it up are racist?
Horsey@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Who cares about the idolatry of a flag?
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“Started at the bottom now we here”. First red stripe in upper left is at the bottom.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why is your flag orientable but difficult to tell‽
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
What percentage of Brits would recognize the “distress signal” of hanging flag upside down?
brashboy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Literally thought it was rotationally symmetrical until I saw this post
milliams@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It depends on which side the flag poles is on.
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Did you read the post, sir?
milliams@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It seems I did not, no. How embarrassing.
BennyCHill@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 6 months ago
TIN@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Why is it not symmetrical though?
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because of the way it is! Duh!
pyre@lemmy.world 6 months ago
because if it was, the white “X” would look like it’s merely a border to the red, which is not supposed to be the case because it’s a separate symbol.
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
It’s because the part representing Scotland is elevated in heraldry over Northern Ireland.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 6 months ago
To illustrate the equal partnership between England and Scotland. England gets the foreground, while Scotland gets the pride of place in top left corner.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They did this to themselves.
Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Flag flying is cringe, its funny that this is the UKs current culture war
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 6 months ago
I like how it is an interesting flag from an aesthetic point of view. So intricate and detailed. Unlike most tricolours. It even works in black and white pretty well.
I acknowledge, however, the political and historical controversies it carries. Not trying to undo that.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
You just gave me a good way of looking at it. The stripes on the right side is the “right” way up. Now I’ll always remember which way it goes.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 6 months ago
What about hanging it vertically?
heydo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
brewery@feddit.uk 6 months ago
According to flaginstitute.org/…/Flying_Flags_in_the_United_Ki…:
Union Flag - If hung horizontally or vertically, the broad white diagonal should be uppermost in the top-left corner.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
What’s the punishment for hanging it the wrong way around?
ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
When I worked at a historic site that flew the Union Flag, you had to run around the parade square three times if you screwed up while raising or lowering it. That included hanging it upside down or letting it hit the ground.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 6 months ago
You have to house a fighting-age male immigrant in your shed.
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Straight to jail
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 months ago
Sometimes, you just want to fly a flag upside down, knowing which way is up certainly helps with that! Probably very popular as a statement in the UK, though, considering how subtle the visual effect is.
Gladaed@feddit.org 6 months ago
Not that subtle. Right flag is disturbing.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Burning it is the only correct way to handle that nazi flag