Petition Petition to get Radstock Town Council to fly the St George's flag, as it is not offensive to Muslims

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A council in Somerset banned local residents from flying the national flag on Armistice Day, after a councillor sparked controversy by claiming it offended Muslims.

Eleanor Jackson said England's flag was tarnished by association with the Crusades, which happened nearly 1,000 years ago.

Jackson, a university lecturer, called for the flag to be banned from civic life in the town "for 20 years."

She told a local council meeting: "My big problem is that it is offensive to some Muslims, but even more so that it has been hijacked by the far right."

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Date closed 17 November 2013
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