Originally posted by SJKamal:[YouTube Video]
But, actually, and given the recent developments in the UK-EU negotiations, I find it hard to imagine that the EU flag will feature
that prominently in the shows. And neither can I picture them pulling out the Union Jack.
The whole point of the flag - as well as in Europe, as in the States - is to illustrate the idea that in unity everybody is stronger.
This idea again is repeated in the encore where Bono says that he would be nothing but a quarter of the man he is with U2.
To show either the EU's, or the British flag will promote division instead of unity. Even the white flag ("surrender") is not an option.
No, the only flag I expect to see in the UK is the Irish flag. I mean, for them, for Ireland, a reinstatement of the hard border
between Northern Ireland (U.K.) and the Republic as a result of a "hard Brexit" is the real horror scenario. No-one wants to go
back there and break up the Good Friday agreement.
I predict the Irish flag + The Unforgettable Fire for London and Manchester - and perhaps even for Belfast & Dublin...
