The Commonwealth rises again

Commonwealth flag news! After I expressed disappointment that the, er, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will only fly the flag for one week a year, de facto deputy foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell has swung into action. “The flag will now be flown on appropriate days and the bar to flying it is removed,” he tells me, adding that the Commonwealth flag will be flown during meetings of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, all Commonwealth days and on occasions like the Commonwealth Ga

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