A SHOPKEEPER has been ordered to remove his flags celebrating St George by council officials who say they breach health and safety rules. Phil Moffatt 
has been told the 20 flags hoisted from lampposts near his shop in Tuebrook, Liverpool, are dangerous. But Mr Moffatt, who named his shop after Winston Churchill, vowed to defy the ban with the bulldog spirit. Mr Moffatt, who has flown the flags from the same lampposts for the last five years, was ordered to remove them or face a £1,000 bill from Liverpool City Council. “It has really come to something when a proud Englishman can’t raise a few flags to celebrate St George’s Day,” he said. “They have never caused any safety problems, and it seems to me that someone in the council is flexing their powers of political correctness.” But a council spokesman said: “We are not trying to be spoilsports. There is a clear danger to Mr Moffatt himself and an obvious road safety hazard. The flags could distract drivers, fall off and hit cars or pedestrians and it could encourage others to follow suit.” BBC News 19/4/05.
has been told the 20 flags hoisted from lampposts near his shop in Tuebrook, Liverpool, are dangerous. But Mr Moffatt, who named his shop after Winston Churchill, vowed to defy the ban with the bulldog spirit. Mr Moffatt, who has flown the flags from the same lampposts for the last five years, was ordered to remove them or face a £1,000 bill from Liverpool City Council. “It has really come to something when a proud Englishman can’t raise a few flags to celebrate St George’s Day,” he said. “They have never caused any safety problems, and it seems to me that someone in the council is flexing their powers of political correctness.” But a council spokesman said: “We are not trying to be spoilsports. There is a clear danger to Mr Moffatt himself and an obvious road safety hazard. The flags could distract drivers, fall off and hit cars or pedestrians and it could encourage others to follow suit.” BBC News 19/4/05.
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