BRITISH MOVEMENT Scotland:
BM Scotland: More demonstrations against immigration and the Establishment are not happy.
More Reports after recent demonstrations in Glasgow, Edinburgh and last week in Airdrie.
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The mainstream news media across Scotland are not happy at the Unite the Clans, Scots Active and other patriotic protests against immigration, the mainstream political parties, especially the SNP,, Scottish Labour, Scottish Greens and the Lib Dems are not happy, and all are pushing Police Scotland to do more to shut down ''populist' anti-immigration protests.
*** No body mentioned that Police Scotland recovered a number of "weapons" when the police cleared back a crowd of assorted anti-racism protestors at one of the Glasgow protests. A Public Information request by a You-Tuber discovered that a report to Holyrood mentioned this inconvenient part of the report and that those weapons were most likely linked to the 'Green Brigade' supporters from Celtic FC who were mobbed up to support Stand Up To Racism (SUTR).
Flag Regulations Enforced by Police Scotland in 2026
Don't get caught out by flying the 'wrong' flags...
"The Terrorism Act 2000 proscribes over 70 organisations, and flying flags linked to them publicly may be illegal."
"There is no official list of banned flags in the UK, including the Nazi Swastika, though context matters. Displaying a flag to intimidate or threaten can count as a criminal offence, such as draping a Nazi flag outside a synagogue."
Official guidance stresses that a flag itself is not illegal, but modification to reference a banned organisation or use to provoke may constitute an offence."
"According to the Herald, a document secured through the Freedom of Information Act from Police Scotland in 2018 identified 15 flags which could be deemed illegal if displayed "in a provocative manner or altered" under breach of the peace legislation.
The Herald stated: "Many of the flags featured in Police Scotland's list contain sectarian symbols and are frequently displayed by republican and loyalist groups during parades, whilst others are regularly seen on the terraces of Scottish football stadiums.
"However, several flags are official symbols of countries and territories across the world, including the Catalan flag which is displayed by supporters of Scottish independence."
However, the government does maintain a list of over 70 'proscribed organisations' under the Terrorism Act 2000, and publicly displaying a flag bearing the name of one of these banned organisations, such as Hamas, is more likely to be deemed an offence.
One of the categories of offence under this Act states: "wear clothing or carry or display articles in public in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that the individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation."
Police Scotland's list of flags which are potentially criminal to display included brief descriptions of the significance of each flag and references armed struggles and perceived links to sectarianism.
The restricted police document noted: "Whilst the display of the following flags is not an offence, in itself, if flown or displayed in a provocative manner or altered, constitute a common law Breach of the Peace or an offence under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2000.
"If they are altered to contain a reference to a proscribed organisation they may constitute an offence under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000."
This mirrors the proscribed organisations list - whilst national flags aren't prohibited, incorporating a reference to a banned organisation would then render displaying them an offence.
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