Welsh dragon call for Union flag

Majago · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:20

Zip said:
Ive only done it in paint so its not the best quallity but i dont see much wrong with this

Edit: You could even make it a white dragon so you can see it a bit better

This would look better with a red dragon.

The Dread Pirate · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:20

Furton said:
A country needs a head of state, hence England is not technically a country either, what's your point?

W T F are you talking about we have two heads of state:
The Queen
&
Gordon Brown
(however the latter may be changing very shortly

!)

meghatronic · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:20

Wales doesn't actually exist anymore... as it was absorbed into the kingdom of England... so it is a moot point.

Are MPs stupid or something?

meghatronic · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:21

daz said:
You honestly believe you can't fly a flag?

There are union jacks and st george crosses all over London.

You can't in Bolton btw.

Zip · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:28

Majago said:
This would look better with a red dragon.

How would you do that on a red flag though? :confused:

A white out line is the only way i can think of

Majago · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:29

Zip said:
How would you do that on a red flag though?

Hehe, that was the point, no need to change it from its current state

Damien. · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:29

Flubble said:
i think it would look better aswell, that dragon doesn't fit with anything but the golden cross does.

That doesn't look to bad actually.

meghatronic · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:30

Damien. said:
That doesn't look to bad actually.

/me leaves thread

divine` · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:31

Zip said:
I wounder if we would have to change our flag if you changed yours?

I expect so.

daz · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:31

jdickerson said:
You can't in Bolton btw.

Says who?

divine` · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:32

daz said:
Says who?

The man.

He's always repressing people.

Zip · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:35

divine` said:
I expect so.

It better not have any Yellow on it then!

Think of us Islanders!

Psyk · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:39

Flubble said:
i think it would look better aswell, that dragon doesn't fit with anything but the golden cross does.

I thought the yellow would look horrible, but actually it isn't too bad.

Capn' $qu!ff said:
W T F are you talking about we have two heads of state:
The Queen
&
Gordon Brown
(however the latter may be changing very shortly!)

The PM is not a head of state, even though they effectively have more power than the Queen. Anyway, England most certainly isn't a country on an international level. It's only regarded as a country internal to the UK.

jdickerson said:
Wales doesn't actually exist anymore... as it was absorbed into the kingdom of England... so it is a moot point.

It was absorbed into the Kingdom of England, but has now been reinstated (perhaps the 're' isn't very accurate here) as a somewhat separate entity.

meghatronic · 28 Nov 2007 at 11:54

Psyk said:
It was absorbed into the Kingdom of England, but has now been reinstated (perhaps the 're' isn't very accurate here) as a somewhat separate entity.

But it isn't a kingdom.... :-)

.Lethal · 28 Nov 2007 at 12:25

Zip said:
Because of the English Education system they no longer teach welsh in school?

(pulling this out of my arse here)

/leaves thread

NathanE · 28 Nov 2007 at 12:35

Flags need to be clear and concise otherwise "identify friend or foe" doesn't tend to work that well and can get ships blown out of the water...

A big dragon is just going to be a mass blur from a few miles away. Whereas the simple English, Scottish and Union Jack flags are easy to see from that distance with a rustick "yarrrr mateys!!11" telescope.

Darthe · 28 Nov 2007 at 12:56

Furton said:
A country needs a head of state, hence England is not technically a country either, what's your point?

The Queen is the head of state. It might be symbolic more then anything else (Queens speech: "My Goverment will...", Elected PM asks for permission to form a Goverment etc), but its still a part of British tradition.

And technically, Wales isn't a state in the Union in the same way England, Scotland and N. Ireland are. Its a principality of England, hence the 'Prince of Wales'. Practically it makes zero difference however, and Wales gets devolution like the rest of us (well, appart from England anyway).

But I don't think too much of patriotic chest-thumping like this. Politicans that pull these stunts in the name of 'national pride' are really just trying to swing the patriot vote or otherwise improve their public image and career.

Gimpymoo · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:04

Can we not use some of the entries from the Olympic Flag competition

Welshy · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:13

uber soldat said:
Really stupid idea, nearly as bad as every roadsign in Wales being in Welsh as well as English when only 20% of the damn country speak Welsh

I'm not sure where you got that fact from, but you're miles out :confused:

Wiki says : 62% of the 611,000 Welsh speakers in Wales claim to use Welsh daily, and 88% of the ones fluent in the language use it daily.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

uber soldat · 28 Nov 2007 at 13:24

Welshy said:
I'm not sure where you got that fact from, but you're miles out

Wiki says : 62% of the 611,000 Welsh speakers in Wales claim to use Welsh daily, and 88% of the ones fluent in the language use it daily.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Yeah cos Wiki is always reliable :rolleyes:

Typical Welsh "boyo" believing everything you read on the internet