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Cuba's new love for the Union flag
BBC News ^ | 20 January 2013 | Sarah Rainsford

Posted on 01/20/2013 5:22:21 PM PST by the scotsman

'Cuba has been swept by a new craze - the red, white and blue of the UK's flag.

The Union flag is now all the rage, sported by young Cubans on their clothes, nails - and even spotted as tattoos, and shaved into the back of people's heads.

While for some it is just another fashion symbol, others say the trend began with the London Olympics, which were followed avidly in Cuba and hugely popular.'

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: unionjack

1 posted on 01/20/2013 5:22:24 PM PST by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Weird.

Maybe Cuba isnt that bad after all, LOL.


2 posted on 01/20/2013 5:28:26 PM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman

Cuba, we’ll give you Piers Morgan FOR FREE!


3 posted on 01/20/2013 5:39:11 PM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: struggle

I second that!


4 posted on 01/20/2013 5:40:08 PM PST by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: struggle

Give these leeches who come to America to the limeys. They love the brits, right? ;)


5 posted on 01/20/2013 5:45:27 PM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: max americana

Britain is already full of Pakistanis. The Cubans will have to go somewhere else.


6 posted on 01/20/2013 6:02:30 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: the scotsman

I’ve heard it called a British flag and a Union Jack, but never a British Jack nor a Union flag...


7 posted on 01/20/2013 6:07:49 PM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
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To: null and void

Technically the Union or the Union Jack is acceptable. A jack flag is generally termed as the colours of a ship. So ....jack flag.


8 posted on 01/21/2013 12:22:26 AM PST by Hawker Tempest
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To: null and void

The Union Flag is in fact its correct name, although it is very rarely used.


9 posted on 01/21/2013 8:15:15 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: null and void

The Union Flag is in fact its correct name, although it is very rarely used.


10 posted on 01/21/2013 8:15:31 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman; Hawker Tempest

Thanks!


11 posted on 01/21/2013 8:55:17 AM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable Tyranny)
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To: Viennacon

Some of the Brits are apologizing to the Pakistanis for having the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew in their flag....maybe Cuba appreciates it.


12 posted on 01/21/2013 7:09:35 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Hmmm, are they, really?.

This Brit hasnt seen any such evidence.


13 posted on 01/22/2013 11:29:50 AM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: the scotsman

I thought for certain I had seen a story to that effect on this site....I am hard-pressed to find it now.

The best I can do:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1496483/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1660529/posts


14 posted on 01/22/2013 6:02:29 PM PST by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Hi.

Actually I DO remember the second story, I remember nothing of course came of it. Nobody takes the CofE seriously here. By the by, the Daily Mail is notorious for wrong or exaggerated stories.


15 posted on 01/23/2013 7:04:17 PM PST by the scotsman (i)
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To: struggle

We will slice him in bite size pieces for free also.


16 posted on 01/23/2013 7:07:58 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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