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BBC News, West Midlands
In Birmingham, at least six mini-roundabouts have been frescoed in frescoes with red crosses to look like St. George’s flag.
The roundabouts in Kings Heath and Yardley wooden areas were painted overnight over the weekend, while a video on social media allegedly showed a man dubbing several miles away in Bromsgrove, Worsest Sercersarer.
It comes as hundreds St. George and Union Jack Jhande started taking down by Birmingham City Council, blown from lamppost by residents Last week, the authority said that security was due to concerns.
Some residents described the painted traffic islands as “barbarism”, but others have appreciated the emergence of England’s flag in suburbs across the city.
The West Midlands police said that it had not received any complaint, but said that if the report is reported by the local authority or a member of the public, it would investigate the criminal damage.
‘Wondelism’
A woman, who lives near a painted roundabout at Woodthorpe Road, Kings Heath, described it as “sheer, wandon barbarity”.
“The council does not have money to fix the pits, resume mini islands alone.”
A person living close to the same roundabout said that it is not “patriotism, it looks like just an excuse for zenophobia”.
“There are better ways to show pride – ways that are inclusive and respectable, do not resort to barbarity,” he said.
In recent weeks, the Union Jack and St. George Cross have been hung in the city’s Woli Castle and Northfield areas, which local residents said they were doing so in an act of patriotism.
But the city council had taken him down and issued a security petition to the residents, who were thinking of connecting the flag with lamppost and other road furniture.
It said that it was upgrading streetlights in energy-efficient LED lighting and due to this, about 200 banners and flags were removed so far.
Flags have appeared in other areas including Hollywood, Vythaol and Barat Green on the Worsestershair border.
‘Flags represent us’
Veli Castle in Birmingham and some people in Northfield regions told the BBC Radio WM that they supported the flag being blowing up.
A woman said: “This is patriotic, so I think it is cute. It represents us, Great Britain?”
Another woman said: “I think they are great, [they] Put a smile on people’s face.
“They are not harming from flying in the air, representing England, which we are, obviously.”
Another woman said that to show how much multicultural the city was, it was “nice to see all the different flags”.
While a person told the BBC whether the spirit behind it was “anti-immigration”, he was against the flag “completely”.
“It’s not a great thing,” he said.