star-filled plane taking up the left side of the flag, with the red and white stripes moving to the right. Now imagine that you’re standing in the same spot, but the wind changes direction.

Immediately, right across the world ... not projecting darkness or the colours of a particular side." "Everybody can have this white flag. It has spread into other facets of our lives.

Unsurprisingly, far-right voices, never missing a trick to try and claim the England flag as their own, were all over social ...

On planes, the flag will usually be reversed only on the right, or starboard, side. On the left ... Ireland’s flag (green, white, orange) looks like that of the West African country of Côte ...