There have been sparks of outrage over recent redesigning of the Union Jack. It was one thing all parties could get behind before Easter: the Nike ‘woke’ flag on the England football kit got a kicking from both Sunak and Starmer. Then designers for Team GB decided to recreate the flag to “push the iconic red white and blue as far as we could”. Cue scores of anger from across the board…

Realising they’d made an own goal on this one, the British Olympic Association has rowed back on the new flag, vowing to keep the traditional red white and blue Union flag on its 2024 Olympic kit. Nigel will be pleased…