I have been sent the following:
The Australian Monarchist League has emphasised that should Scotland choose to leave the Union following the referendum on September 18 on the question of Scottish independence, this will not affect the Australian National Flag.
James Burgess, spokesman for the League, stated “Scottish independence is a matter for the Scottish people to decide upon.
“If the Scottish independence movement succeeds, the flag of Great Britain would in all likelihood change.
“However, this does not mean that our own Australian flag would have to change. The crosses of St George, St Andrew and Saint Patrick represent the origins of the people who settled modern Australia.
“It represents our association through the colonies with the United Kingdom from which we inherited the rule of law and order and our base constitution.”
“Australia now comprises many ethnicities amongst which are large numbers of persons of Scottish descent, so there is no need in Australia to remove the cross of St Andrew”, Mr Burgess said.
Mr Burgess said, “Our flag represents our familial place within the Anglosphere. The Flag Act 1953, and the Flags Amendment Act 1998 mean that we are under no legal obligation to change it.
“It’s hard to see many other nation states changing their flags as a result, including the American State of Hawaii.”
It should be noted that the Union Flag was not altered by removing St Patrick’s Cross after Ireland left the Union in 1922.
The Union Flag remained the same when the Republic of Ireland was declared in 1949.
Like the United Kingdom, in fact. There would be no change to the Flag. Or to the name.
We've already resigned ourselves to defeat I see.
ReplyDeleteScotland will be a separate country soon.
Yet another "achievement" of the Labour Party.
The same Labour which turned the House of Lords from one of the finest revising chambers on Earth into an international disgrace.
Hilarious to remember the principle of being against "patronage" was the excuse for banning independent hereditary peers-unless it's the patronage of Prime Ministers awarding seats to their corrupt donors and crawlers.
In which case it's wonderful.
Some "principle" that is!
Speak for yourself. I expect a No vote that is only possible if the majority of Labour supporters votes No, followed by a very strong Labour showing in Scotland at the General Election.
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