Keir Starmer urges public to 'reclaim' English flag from Southport riotersGood Morning Britain, ITV
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00:00The pride we have in our country, our values and our history.
00:04And I do understand, you know, there's a sort of fight over the flag, if you like.
00:09But that's why we've got to reclaim it, because it belongs to all of us.
00:13And you talked about the Southport rioters using the flag
00:17when they were committing horrible criminal acts.
00:20But I think there will be people watching this who would never turn to violence like that,
00:24but are English and are proud to be English and love their country like you do,
00:27but feel that it has changed beyond recognition because of mass immigration,
00:32and feel they don't know what Englishness is anymore.
00:35Can you understand that?
00:37Oh, I do understand that.
00:38And I completely understand the sense of insecurity sometimes people feel
00:44as things change around them.
00:46But that is another reason to assert our own values, our own traditions,
00:52our own places of beauty in England.
00:55And it's our flag. It represents our country.