Fox Flies the Flag to Replace Saltirewith 'Rainbow' Colours

The HeraldJanuary 23, 2006

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THE Saltire, symbol of Scotland for more than a millennium, should be scrapped in favour of a "rainbow" flag devoid of Christian symbolism, according to the leader of the Scottish Socialists.

Colin Fox said yesterday the white cross of St Andrew was now an "anachronism" with no place in modern secular Scotland. He will now table a motion at Holyrood calling on other MSPs to back a multicoloured alternative.

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Fox Flies the Flag to Replace Saltirewith 'Rainbow' Colours

The idea has received tentative backing from the Green party, and fuller support from the Humanist Society of Scotland. Other parties, notably the SNP,...

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