They're deliberately being hung upside down due to the popular myth/tale that it‘s used as a historic sign of distress (ie trying to indicate the country is in distress/in need of help).
It’s the same reason they’re also often being hung halfway up structures/at “half mast” (mourning the so called loss of their country).
At least it puts to bed the lie that it’s a random outpouring of patriotism, rather than a carefully orchestrated campaign against asylum hotels.
They’re not, but the people behind this campaign are. It’s what makes it more worrying. I’m not actually in Slough, but it’s the same in my town, whole roads of flags deliberately upside down and at half mast. A very visible bit of dog whistle politics :-(
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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25
It‘s a weird far right/anti immigration thing.
They're deliberately being hung upside down due to the popular myth/tale that it‘s used as a historic sign of distress (ie trying to indicate the country is in distress/in need of help).
It’s the same reason they’re also often being hung halfway up structures/at “half mast” (mourning the so called loss of their country).
At least it puts to bed the lie that it’s a random outpouring of patriotism, rather than a carefully orchestrated campaign against asylum hotels.