"(Gordon)Brown toured the TV studios to argue that the flag symbolised British values of “liberty, a sense of responsibility, fairness”. He also proposed that all school children in England, Scotland and Wales should be required to pledge an oath of allegiance to Great Britain and her flag, in special ceremonies..."
- I would never have allowed my children to swear allegiance to the Scottish flag never mind the Union Jack. The whole idea is preposterous jingoism. Instead I would have removed them from whatever lunatic school proposed it.