A few observations: 1. This is obviously not a genuine photo 2. An England flag is fine 3. As is a Union Jack 4. Especially if you are the PM 5. These quotes are very selective (as you'd expect from The National) 6. But, really, given the time he's had to prepare, Starmer could have done much better
I think it is a genuine photo - from a Downing Street reception for the Lionesses, I think (where you’re hardly going to fly the saltire…)
I thought he was with Trump for the Lionesses reception and Rayner hosted?
My mistake: St George’s Day reception (in my defence, Gary Linekar was there, so I was right that it was something to do with football). www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Good point. I also can't see his legs!
"Like lots of people I've proudly got [a flag] up at home". If I went to someone's house and they had a flag hanging indoors I'd think they were deeply weird.
But it *is* a genuine photo, just taken out of context now. It was widely published around St George's Day as part of Starmer's Downing Street celebration of the day. Example:
Misleading use of it now doesn't make it a "fake photo", as some insist on saying.