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Overall Survey Results:
Scottish Independence: The future of the Union Flag
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| The Scottish Government intends to hold a referendum of the Scottish electorate, on the issue of independence from the United Kingdom, on Thursday 18 September 2014. The question asked in the referendum will be "Should Scotland be an independent country?" The Flag Institute is the UK's National Flag Charity. We're interested in your views on how you think a successful independence vote could (and should) affect the flag of the United Kingdom. |
| 2 |  If Scotland becomes independent, do you think the Union Flag should or should not change? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | What arguments are there for changing the Union Flag following independence? (even if these are not arguments you support) | ||||
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| 4 | What arguments are there against changing the Union Flag following independence? (even if these are not arguments you support) | ||||
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| 5 | Not including the existing Union Flag pattern, what new designs do you feel might be worthy of consideration for a post Scottish-independence UK? | ||||
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| 6 | The current Union Flag is made up of the crosses of St George (England), St Andrew (Scotland), and St Patrick (Northern Ireland). Wales is not independently recognised in the current design of the flag. If the Union Flag did change as a result of Scottish independence, should the new design include an element which represents Wales? Please explain your choice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 7 | Who should decide IF the flag of the United Kingdom should change following Scottish independence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | If the decision was made to change the flag of the United Kingdom following Scottish independence, what combination of organisations and methods should be used to best choose the new design? Please choose as many or as few as you wish, or add your own suggestion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9 | Please share the following information with the Flag Institute if you would like us to stay in contact with you on this and other (non-commercial) flag issues. | |||||||||||||||
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| 10 | The Flag Institute is a thriving membership-based flag organization - the largest in the world, with members on all six continents. We are the UK's National Flag Charity and the national vexillological organization of the United Kingdom. Members received our journal Flagmaster four times a year and invitations to a range of social and educational events. Membership is open to everyone, and subscriptions start at just £20 a year. You can join us here or we can contact you (in which case please provide contact details). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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