The Fair Flags campaign, calls on supermarkets and other retailers to recognise and treat fairly all the constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
May
27
A couple of developments
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Some good news. Tesco have started putting the Cross of St George onto some of their English cheese packaging (Not 100% sure if this the same as the previous story or whether there’s a trend).
Presumably as a result of a “sustained campaign” to get this “banner of historical oppression” onto Tesco products.
FairFlags still needs your help. Please keep plugging away at the supermarkets and let us know how your getting on. Be as involved as you like.
Feb
18
Second Tesco own brand cheese with English flag
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Tesco now seem marginally less anti-English than the Co-op.
Second own brand Tesco cheese with the English flag.
Jan
29
There’s a new supermarket chain coming to the highstreet – ASCO.
Despite the fact it is selling predominately English produce from as far as I can tell exclusively English shops, straight away they’ve gone for the establishment line of promoting it’s British credentials.
Oct
20
Well done Waitrose…
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From an article in the Grocer.
He added: “If the nation embraces the product and shows their support for English fruit farmers, then we’ll consider launching a series of English conserves in the near future.”
The 454g jars, available in Waitrose now, have labels inspired by the St George’s Cross to flag up their “100% English” credentials.
I for one will be making a special trip to embrace this product!
Oct
12
“Celebrating Great British Food” – England Hating Tesco Continues To Suck Up To Scotland And Rams “British” Down English Throats…
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Another very interesting article over at Why England Needs a Parliament.
Oct
12
An interesting article on Wales Online trumpeting Tesco’s commitment to offering local produce (are they an advertiser by any chance?)
Here’s an extract with a highlight added:
With interest in “buying local” growing stronger, Tesco is to make it even easier for customers to identify the provenance of their food with new packaging covering produce, meat, dairy, chilled, frozen and bakery items.
It will include the flag of the country of origin and in many cases the name of the county. With some produce and dairy items there will also be information on the grower and producer.
Tesco also works with local suppliers at major food events across the UK and the teams are looking for even more producers, especially in English regions that may lack the strong national identity found in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Fascinating stuff. What flag for the “English regions” eh? Please read the whole article and feel free to leave a comment.
And should you feel inclined to remind Tesco that people in England also have a strong national identity, here’s how.
Sep
14
English apples and Pears; British flag
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http://www.englishapplesandpears.co.uk/
Date: 7 September 2009 18:23
From: <***@***.uk>
To: abarlow@clara.co.uk
CC: <***@***.uk >
Subject: English apples and pears
Dear Sirs,
I would just like to point out that your logo has the Union flag within
the outline of the English the fruit you promote.
The correct flag for English produce and England is the Cross of St
George.
Yours faithfully.
–
Date: 14 September 2009 09:48
From: Adrian Barlow <abarlow@clara.co.uk>
To: ***@***.uk
Subject: Re: English apples and pears
Dear
Thank you for your note. England is part of the Union. We wish to be as
inclusive as possible and therefore we are pleased to use the Union Jack
which has wide consumer recognition. Thank you for writing to me.
Regards
Adrian Barlow
—– Original Message —–
From: <***@***.uk >
To: <abarlow@clara.co.uk>
Cc: <***@***.uk >
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:48 PM (My note My original email was sent 07.09.09)
Subject: Re: English apples and pears
Sep
8
More from the CEP on ASDA
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More sterling work from the Campaign for an English Parliament – just about the only organisation in the country that speaks for England.
Please read the full article and the previous one on the subject.
Aug
31
Scottish Lincolnshire sausages?
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No protected status for Lincolnshire sausages it seems. From the Campaign for an English Parliament.
I saw an advert on TV for Asda the other day advertising sausages.
The images of the packaging in the top left of the screen showed Scottish and British sausages (including Scottish Lincolnshire sausages – isn’t Lincolnshire in England?).
I’ve emailed Asda asking if they could please explain where the “British” sausages are from and why they are labelled as British sausages whilst Scottish sausages are labelled as Scottish.
We already know the answer, of course, but you might like to do the same by contacting them through their website.
Has anyone else seen this ad?
Aug
11
A reply (of sorts) from the NFU
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A couple of months ago I submitted the following email to the National* Farmers Union after amonth went by with no response I re-submitted it, then re-submitted it again a couple of weeks later. Obviously the NFU did not want to answer my questions.
* national in this instance refers to England & Wales. Scotland have their own farmers union the NFU Scotland.
Dear NFU
I’m not a member but I am deeply concerned about an issue that affects your members.
Firstly there is the unfair way that goods produced in England are presented in the supermarkets.
Scottish produced goods are nearly all shown with the Saltire on the packaging but English produced goods are packaged with the Union Flag rather than the Cross of St George. As both nations are still part of the “United Kingdom” I find it baffling that this is the case.
The Campaign for an English Parliament have done some research and they think they have uncovered the reason why.
http://www.thecep.org.uk/wordpress/2008/06/20/from-the-horses-mouth/
At the same time it’s just been announced that eight supermarkets have signed up to a special deal to promote Scottish goods.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Eight-supermarkets-sign-up-to.5405151.jp#4167625
Whist this may be good for Scottish farmers it’s not going to be good for your members the English and Welsh farming community.
Does the NFU have a view on these matters?
With your permission I would like to post your reply on my personal campaign website http://www.fairflags.org.uk
Well finally this morning I got a reply by telephone.
The chap I was speaking to did say he personally had some sympathy with the points about unfair labelling but that the NFU was backing the Red Tractor scheme. He also mentioned that the EU are working on a new labelling system (which I suspect will revolve around the bogus and undemocratic “regions” system).
Despite the NFU representing English and Welsh farmers they don’t seem to see the need for English produce to be marked as such despite the fact that Scottish produce is clearly labelled Scottish.
When I suggested that English farmers would get a better deal if England had it’s own parliament (like the Welsh have their own assembly or the Scots have their own parliament) he said it was unlikely that the NFU would support something that would never happen…
I asked the NFU representitive several times for a written answer to the mail I sent, but this was refused.
If anyone from the NFU could take a few minutes to answer these questions in writing I would really appreciate it.
Feel free to ask the NFU your own questions – but don’t expect a quick or conclusive answer.
Based on what I’ve heard today, if I was an English farmer I would be starting my own union – an exclusively English one.
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