Members of the Flag Institute have created designs for what the Union Flag could look like in the event of independence

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

I’ve already posted various links this week on Scottish independence and what it might mean, but I think these two are also worth considering.  Flags are the great icons of state identity, and a UK without Scotland might reconsider it iconography.  This links to an article from the Telegraph and a photogallery with 12 ‘candidate flags’ for a UK that does not include Scotland.  Why might some resist the idea of creating a new national symbol?

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