Hoist the flag of cheap motor insurance high above your vehicle!
Cheap motor insurers or anyone else for that matter wishing to be English for a few weeks, best think again. As there have been sweeping laws rushed into place that now mean you can't. Taxi-cabs, schools, offices, cars, football stadiums, anywhere where you might once have thought it ok to display your Englishness, (alongside of your cheap motor insurance-ness) are strictly out of bounds. The cross of St. George remember is insulting, as is sporting an Anglo-Saxon face. In any Anglo-Saxon settlement, anywhere in Anglo-Saxon land. (incidentally, being a cheap motor insurance fan isn't though) Ok, cheap motor insurance supporters aplenty, we're joking. You can breathe a sigh of relief. Although, you wouldn't believe how close we got as a nation to outlawing ourselves. Or rather, how a minority, (the very same quotient that don't buy into cheap motor insurance for example) clearly cheesed right off about being European/Zog, nearly shut the country down. Kids shouldn't wear England merchandise they spouted, English people shouldn't sing English football songs, (in case they upset the Scots/Welsh/Europeans/Zogs - who might have got to sing their own anthems if A - They weren't crap at football, and B. - They had any) and, best of all, how, they asked, couldn't we see the imminent danger of parading nifty little (or not so diametrically-challenged in some cases) flags out of the window-tops of our motor vehicles?!! But alas, it wasn't just anti-English/anti-football/anti-lifers that were mouthing off, joining the whingeing chorus were equine-botherers, and the British Motorcyclists Federation. (who sound like they should have been disbanded between the wars)
The later have warned that such flags (of notable St. George affiliation) could work their patriotic way loose, and therefore run the risk of hitting bikers travelling behind. Which is an absolutely idiotic statement to come out with, as, as we all know, motorbikes are never positioned behind us. Only when they're at a standstill. (or have fallen off, due to being struck about the helmet by a stray England flag) If they do manage to avoid coming into contact with the flimsy plastic doo-dahs, they could even be distracted by them as they fly past, they continue. Quite how bikers are distracted by anything when travelling at twice the speed of light, other than the slight tonal variation in the landscape to either side of their visor, I'll never know. But oh no, this lot really must ride Triumphs and BSA's, as they've conducted a recent spot check on the notorious stretch (notorious for errant, and predominantly airborne, England merchandise) and have found on average three fallen flags, per mile. Which they say is a safety concern.
Never one to shy away from an argument that's not theirs, the RAC Foundation have chipped in for what its worth. Lending their aged voice to that of the BMF's, they demand that motorists (those with one wheel to each corner ratio) determined to show their support for England 's football team (who it's damn near illegal to be seen doing) must make sure that their flags/pendants are specifically designed for automobile use. As opposed to Battlements And that they are positioned so as not to impede the driver's vision. Funny they should say that, being the archetypal back seat drivers that they are, which is normally, window-wise, where the flags are secured. (when they're not lodged in a bikers face or horses mane) They would also like to stress (you're not kidding) that the dangerous weapons should be removed from their assault positions when its understood that said vehicles will be entering a motorway, or, tearing along at speeds in excess of 50mph. The spirit of '66 is alive and kicking detect cheap motor insurers. Nevermind. What the killjoys can't stop is cheap motor insurance fans getting a kick out of Insureyourmotor.co.uk's special brand of cheap motor insurance, so not all is lost.
Date - 21/09/2006
