Scarborough votes to fly the Union Flag on top of council offices every day of the year
- Union Flag will fly over Scarborough council-owned building every single day
- Cllr Neil Heritage brought forward the motion to a council meeting on Friday
- The flag will fly over Scarborough Spa and Whitby Pavilion among other places
- It will fly above the council offices ‘where appropriate’ on every day of the year
Scarborough has decided to fly the Union Flag above council-owned buildings every single day of the year.
Councillor Neil Heritage, leader of the Yorkshire Coast Independents Alliance, brought forward the motion to a Scarborough council meeting on Friday.
The Union Flag is set to fly over Scarborough Town Hall, Whitby Pavilion, Scarborough Spa and Filey’s Evron Centre throughout the entire year, the Express reported.
Scarborough council has decided to fly the Union Flag on top of council-owned buildings, including Scarborough Spa (pictured), on every day of the year
The Union Flag is set to fly over Scarborough’s council offices ‘where appropriate’ on every day of the year apart from St George’s Day, Yorkshire Day and Armed Forces Day (stock image)
The flag will fly over the council offices ‘where appropriate’ on every day of the year apart from St George’s Day, Yorkshire Day and Armed Forces Day, according to the council.
The motion had the backing of Councillor Bill Chat of the Cluster of Independent Members, helping it to receive the backing of other council members.
During Friday’s meeting, Cllr Heritage, who was elected as a UKIP member in 2019 before later quitting the party, insisted that the decision to fly the Union Flag above buildings will not be a ‘political symbol’.
Instead, he said the flag will represent those who ‘fought and paid the ultimate sacrifice’ during World War One, World War Two, and ‘all the other wars’ so we can enjoy ‘freedom’ today.
The Union Flag is set to fly over Scarborough Town Hall (pictured), Whitby Pavilion, Scarborough Spa and Filey’s Evron Centre throughout the whole year
Councillor Neil Heritage, leader of the Yorkshire Coast Independents Alliance, brought forward the motion to a Scarborough council meeting on Friday. Pictured: Whitby Pavilion
He continued: ‘The Union Jack represents the colours I salute when I stand at the cenotaph at Oliver’s Mount on a cold, wet November morning at 11 o’clock remembering colleagues, friends, brothers and sisters in arms that are not stood there with me.’
Cllr Heritage added that the Union Flag will represent British and local businesses which he said we need to support for the economy to thrive, as well as serving as a reminder to support Britain whenever we can.
He said: ‘The Union Jack represents being one of the world leaders in top technology innovations, medical research, aerospace technology, education, engineering, artificial intelligence, electronic systems, music and many other things we as the UK should be proud of.
‘Let’s promote this British economy, let’s buy British products, let’s support British farmers, manufacturers businesses and infrastructure therefore making British jobs and making Britain a prosperous place for our children to grow up in.
‘Let’s start this by simply flying our flag on our government buildings.’