This is the moment a furious Londoner confronted workers tearing down St George's Crosses on the orders of a local council - as Sir Keir Starmer waded into the row. Tower Hamlets in east London previously prided itself on its displays of Palestine flags, but said any England banners attached to council property by an online movement called 'Operation Raise the Colours' would be promptly removed. The initiative has spread to towns and cities including Bradford, Newcastle, Norwich and Swindon - with activists putting up English flags and Union Jacks in defiance of council bans. An activist was today filmed...