A wave of the flags were hung up in the East London borough in the first days of the controversial Operation Raise the Flags campaign.

RUGBY, England—Stuart Field raised his first flags in July: the English red cross of St. George and also a smattering of the British red, white and blue, hanging them from his hometown’s streetlights. His daughter had just been sent home from her ...

Sir Keir Starmer says the country should never surrender its flag to become a symbol of “violence, fear and division” following a huge protest organised by Tommy Robinson, as the backlash grows over Elon Musk’s remarks at the rally. The demonstration ...

Across the United Kingdom, racist graffiti has scarred walls from Essex to Easington. Multiple mosques have been attacked. And many Black and Asian communities are on edge.

Right-wing populism provides the fury and flags. Neoliberalism—the system that dismantles social services and turns homes into investment assets—sets the stage. And migrants? They are the scapegoats for a nation in decline.

Something I have always loved about British patriotism is its implicit self-confidence. Not for us the noisy assertiveness of less assured nations. Arriving here as a small boy from South America in the 1970s, it hit me that that the best and truest forms ...