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OPINION: A message from Kingstanding Councillor Clifton Welch

(l-r) Cllr Clifton Welch and local campaigner Alex Richards / Photograph supplied by Cllr Clifton Welch

Words by Cllr Clifton Welch

On Saturday 30 August I received an incredible warm welcome from the organisers of Together in the Community at their fun day on Conker Island. This was their 16th year of holding this event and I was proud to be told I was the first ever Kingstanding Councillor or MP to ever attend.

Together in the Community raise funds to support underprivileged families, homeless and the elderly across Kingstanding and they are doing a wonderful role.

They always require extra help so if anyone would like to volunteer please get in touch with me and I will pass your details on. I should also give a shout out to Kingstanding Inn who gave up their car park for the day.

On Friday 5 September I was back with Together in the Community for their fortnightly food bank. Alex Richards the Local Conservative Campaigner and I joined the volunteers as they assembled food parcels. It was a wonderful to see such commitment to the community.

Along with other parts of Birmingham, the last month has seen a significant rise of Union Jack and St George’s flags being flown across Kingstanding, most notably Hawthorn Road and Chingford Road. I personally love to see our two national flags on display.

I love my country, our proud history and our culture and these flags are a symbol of our proud history and culture. It should not be a problem flying these flags in our own streets and we should install the love and pride in our country to all generations.

Take care, Clifton.

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OPINION: Jack Brookes, local campaigner for Reform UK in Erdington

Jack Brookes on the campaign trail in Erdington, during the 2022 by-election / Photograph supplied by Jack Brookes

Words by Jack Brookes

Hoist the colours! Kingstanding and other areas of Birmingham have fantastic displays of our flags; when Reform wins the locals next year and takes control of Birmingham City Council then I vow that, not only will we keep the flags up but, we will put up more flags. Birmingham, the heart of England, we have found our pride again and it will not go away.

The beautiful sight of our flags being flown all over the UK with pride. These peacefully patriotic acts of defiance against the globalist establishment reminds me of Belfast – where I attended university – except, this time we are all united (rising above sectarianism).

However, the current Labour-run Birmingham City Council has shown its true colours by cutting down our flags and condemning us patriots for putting up our flags. We are not fascists, we are patriots! If Birmingham City Council has a problem with the cross of Saint George or the Union flag because of “safety”, then they have to be consistent and take issue with the flying of LGBTQIA+ flags and Palestinian flags.

We must remember who sacrificed most for our flags: our veterans. We must put veterans to the front of the queue. One policy I am proposing is to repurpose unused parts of parks, such as Finchley Park, with allotments – priority allocation going to our veterans. We need to start digging for victory again.

The Councils may cut down our flags, but we will keep on raising more. Keep flying the flags.

To follow Jack Brookes on social media visit www.x.com/jack4erdington