‘Not a culture war’: the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts
Key takeaways
- St George’s flags flying at a busy junction in Oxford.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleWhile Londoners scurried from building to building seeking shade on another baking hot day this week, one man paused in the shadow of the Royal Courts of Justice.
- The leader of Oxfordshire county council, Tim Bearder, was not only satisfied in the shade of the court’s gothic towers.
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St George’s flags flying at a busy junction in Oxford. The council also claimed in the high court that highway safety was an issue. Photograph: Martin Anderson/Alamy View image in fullscreen St George’s flags flying at a busy junction in Oxford. The council also claimed in the high court that highway safety was an issue. Photograph: Martin Anderson/Alamy Oxfordshire‘Not a culture war’: the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts Leader of local authority in Oxfordshire faces backlash over injunction ‘to maintain neutral, safe space for residents’
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleWhile Londoners scurried from building to building seeking shade on another baking hot day this week, one man paused in the shadow of the Royal Courts of Justice.
The leader of Oxfordshire county council, Tim Bearder, was not only satisfied in the shade of the court’s gothic towers. He had just won a landmark legal victory.