English flag campaign: Patriotism or far

STEVENAGE, England — A tide of red and white is rising across England — hoisted on lampposts, daubed on crosswalks, stuck on apartment windows. Those behind it insist this campaign to raise the English flag, known as St. George’s Cross , is an expression of patriotism; others see the sudden prevalence of the banner, sometimes associated with soccer hooliganism and racism, as a hostile statement of surging far-right sentiment .