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The Guildhall in the City of London flew the Union flag on St George’s Day. “This seems odd to me. We take pride in St Andrew (and his flag in Scotland) and St Patrick Day events,” my nonplussed spy says. The Guildhall blamed Whitehall rules. “Our flag policy follows the Government’s policy, which is that the Union Flag is to be flown on St George’s Day,” a spokesman tells me.
SIR – The news (telegraph.co.uk, April 25) that Labour plans to renationalise the railways if it wins the general election confirms that we are about to return to the 1970s. The trade unions are to be given more powers, and it is likely that the country will come close to bankruptcy, as was the case when our standing in Europe was at its lowest. Still, at least we know what to expect, and perhaps we should just resign ourselves to it – given that we did have some good times in the 1970s – while
Veteran television executive who served as controller of BBC One for six years and later became Yorkshire TV’s managing director
From Bond girls to advocates for sexual assault survivors, former Miss World winners have ended up with many and varied careers.
It smacks of political bias to cite freedom of expression when dismissing complaints about a presenter’s anti-vaxxer rants, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson