Rejected petition Order police to allow the public to carry and display the Union Flag.

The Police are stopping people from displaying the Union Flag at public events and even evicting them from these events or the town.

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The latest event where police stopped this and forced them to leave the city was the Durham Miners Gala on the 14th June 2018.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

People are already allowed to carry the Union Flag, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

The police have said that they asked this group to leave the Gala for different reasons, and not for displaying the Union Flag.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 25 July 2018
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