There’s a very political component to these flags on the lamp posts as you can imagine.
BBC: “…(He) said community consent is required for such flags to fly and that people should have the right to object to flags on lamp-posts. But the local DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson says he sees no reason to regulate flags on lamp-posts.
“That will only result in more flags going up.
“Have people learned nothing about the way these things operate in Northern Ireland? If you deny someone the right to do something – very often the reaction is precisely the opposite of what you desired.””