Polity by Rob Salmond

7:11PM Sep 16, 2015 • Read Post

Polity: So who exactly placed conditions on that flag meeting?

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• simon g, 14:38 Sep 23, 2015

  You type too fast, sir .. ;)

  Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1333 posts Report

• Steve Barnes, 14:50 Sep 23, 2015

  Flag referendum: Red Peak design to be added as fifth option - John Key

  "In the end, I'm not wanting to be the one that stands in the way of people having some choice."

  Yeah, erm, right, it was Labours fault...

  The people's flag is deepest red,
  It shrouded oft our martyred dead,
  And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
  Their hearts' blood dyed its ev'ry fold.

  Then raise the scarlet standard high.
  Within its shade we'll live and die,
  Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
  We'll keep the red flag flying here.

  Yes, Labour never wanted a Red Flag.

  Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

• Joe Wylie, in reply to Steve Barnes, 14:59 Sep 23, 2015

  The people's flag is deepest red,
  It shrouded oft our martyred dead,
  And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
  Their hearts' blood dyed its ev'ry fold.

  Then raise the scarlet standard high.
  Within its shade we'll live and die,
  Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
  We'll keep the red flag flying here.

  Yes, Labour never wanted a Red Flag.

  There were also vernacular versions, e.g.

  I'm out of work and on the dole
  Go stick your red flag up your hole

  and

  So shove your red flag up your arse
  I've got the foreman's job at last

  flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

• simon g, in reply to Steve Barnes, 15:05 Sep 23, 2015

  Hmm. People not bothering to read previous comments and links is one of the more irritating features of internet discussions ...

  Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1333 posts Report

• Steve Barnes, in reply to simon g, 15:06 Sep 23, 2015

  People not bothering to read previous comments and links is one of the more irritating features of internet discussions ...

  One of them, yes.

  Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

• Steve Barnes, in reply to Joe Wylie, 15:14 Sep 23, 2015

  There were also vernacular versions, e.g.

  I'm out of work and on the dole
  Go stick your red flag up your hole

  and

  So shove your red flag up your arse
  I've got the foreman's job at last

  "Iv'e got the PM's job, I like it,
  I'll put your State house on the Market"

  Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

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