Files released by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland show arguments within the first power-sharing executive.

Whereas in your country the national flag gets a good innings all year round, in the United Kingdom we are pathetically squeamish about ours, be it the Union Flag, which symbolizes England, Scotland ...

In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer ...

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The red and white St George's Cross and the Union Jack flags have proliferated along streets across England in recent weeks in what supporters say is a campaign to show ...

The information is contained in newly declassified briefing papers for a meeting of ministers of the newly formed executive in February 2000.