All you need to know about the law around flags on lampposts in Bristol

All you need to know about the law around flags on lampposts in Bristol View 6 Images

Bristol, and indeed much of England, appears to be covered in both Union and St George flags at the moment, as a movement that began in August to ‘raise the flags’ shows no signs of abating. But as the row over the flags turned into confrontation in one part of Bristol, and a council on the edge of the city announced it will be taking all the flags down , what is the legal situation regarding putting the flags up, taking them down and indeed putting counter-debate signs or even teddy bears.

The answer is, unsurprisingly, ‘it’s complicated’, with different councils in the Bristol area now having different policies on how to deal with the campaign , and Avon and Somerset police in the middle trying