\n Read More:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n On Friday a new mural by Mr Rawson, titled ‘Lamppost Patriotism’, appeared in Glasgow’s Broomielaw.\n<\/p>\n \n With a drainpipe standing in for the base of a lamppost, a Union Flag rendered in black and white ‘flies’ below the light.\n<\/p>\n \n On the flag are the words “flag waving”, on the drainpipe “is a drain” and at the base are the words “on humanity”.\n<\/p>\n \n \n \n Mr Rawson said: “I suppose the broader point is that flag waving at strangers gets in the way of just getting on with people regardless of their nationality, beliefs etc – putting up a wall to communication even before a conversation starts.”\n<\/p>\n \n There has been significant controversy in recent weeks surrounding the proliferation of flags on lampposts.\n<\/p>\n \n In Scotland both the Union Flag and the Saltire have been installed on streets without permission from the local council.\n<\/p>\n \n Anti-asylum protests have often been accompanied by both, often as part of what is dubbed ‘Operation Raise the Colours’.\n<\/p>\n \n While displaying the Scottish or British flag cannot in itself be seen as a sign of racism or far-right sympathies, the campaign itself, which began in England, was co-founded and organised by Andrew Currien, a bodyguard for Britain First.\n<\/p>\n \n Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> has said he is a “supporter of flags” but they can be “devalued if used for divisive purposes”.\n<\/p>\n \n Former First Minister<\/a> Nicola Sturgeon<\/a> said “I’ve never been that into flags” while current Bute House incumbent John Swinney<\/a> said the Saltire must be “a flag of welcome”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It features the U.S President behind bars, with the prison door and railings made up by a black…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-487902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115349013293195564","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The artwork ‘Lamppost Patriotism’ was installed in Glasgow on Friday morning(Image: Ashley Rawson Art)\n<\/p>\n
The artwork ‘Lamppost Patriotism’ was installed in Glasgow on Friday morning(Image: Ashley Rawson Art)\n<\/p>\n