ePetition details

Remove the flags!

We the undersigned petition the Council to remove the England/St George/Union flags that have been raised across the city. We feel that they are having a negative effect on our diverse community. The council should consider the public sector equality duty which states that councils should foster good relations between communities with and without protected characteristics. To us this means that the flags have to go. Other councils have been proactive in removing the flags and in at least one case a person has been charged by a council for their removal.

The council should also consider the recent update to the Highways act 1980 which says: “A person who, without either the consent of the highway authority for the highway in question or an authorisation given by or under an enactment or a reasonable excuse, paints or otherwise inscribes or affixes any picture, letter, sign or other mark upon the surface of a highway or upon any tree, structure or works on or in a highway is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding £200.”
Coventry is the city of peace and reconciliation so in this spirit we ask that the divisive flags be removed by the council.
Please remove the flags!

This ePetition runs from 03/12/2025 to 28/01/2026.

34 people have signed this ePetition.