Flush from their barnstorming performance in last week’s council elections, Reform UK have announced that their latest flagship policy will be… flags.

Flag-shagging, the uncouth vernacular ... about how English and British identity fit together. No more. Why does Mr Tapp talk of British values rather than English values?

I found a group of older people who at times were quite pessimistic about what they saw as the loss of British values. Liz, 62, said: “There’s no respect for the elders, respect for the police ...