I felt really disheartened and uneasy this morning after seeing the flag so close to my house. Posts like this, and shows of solidarity, fill me with hope. Thank you to Hannah and the team for your invaluable work.

A brilliant blog with practical suggestions for school leaders on how to start the conversation about flags with students. This should be for primary & secondary. This morning on the school run, I saw a flag. If my four year old can ask a question about it, she deserves an answer.

I don’t know what’s next but I hope the end of the summer holidays marks an end to this. I also hope schools address this as discussion is needed not dangerous silence.

I’ve felt powerless but today took a small action which has felt deeply cleansing. Facebook is deleted and with that the racist and dangerous comments from some people who live in the village my girls are growing up in.

But it is hard especially when I feel unsafe and especially want my girls to be safe.

It’s the second summer in a row where my now four year old has asked questions based on the social and political landscape. Last summer, “Why are there so many police officers?” and today “Why are there so many flags?” I have answered them in a balanced and age-appropriate way.

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