Quote Originally Posted by peacekeeper83 View Post
Here is a question/ challenge... How would you like to see the British flag changed? I agree with you about the inclusion of Wales on the standard. All States are equally represented... Commonwealths are not.... Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Even the Union Jack has evolved the past 200 years to include Northern Ireland and the St. Patrick Cross. While Wales has had a much longer union with the British it does not get represented on the Standard. I also believe that one day the six northern counties are returned back to where they belong and that aspect of the flag will be removed. That is my opinion and not a matter of discussion.
As stated earlier the Union flag was but still is my flag, I believe in a united Ireland but that the flag should not change despite that. The Welsh have their own national flag as do the Scottish, English and Norther Irish. True the flag does not identify Wales but it does hold them within it's folds. It also does not identify the Manx nor the Channel Islands. McClef, although I see his point, does have a choice of what flag he can wave. You see, hundreds of thousand fought and died for that freedom and they did so under the Union flag in two world wars and the many before those and those battles after. And not just men from those four countries but also individuals from the republic of Ireland, from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and from all corners of the globe. It is that flag that is the canton of so many other nations to signify their connection with Britain.