>Here in England, every 5th car sports a pair of St George's Cross flags, fluttering from the back windows (I read somewhere that the - A15? - road has c. 3 every mile that have fallen off). Garages and £ shops have been doing a roaring trade selling them. Some housing estates resemble Loyalist estates in Northern Ireland with all the English flags draping from the windows.
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>Is this only in England or have other countries who are taking part in the tournament experiencing a similar bout of "patriotism"?
Well, not every 5th car, but every 5th house, YES. And every 5th street in its entirety. And also every 5th residential area in its entirety.
The nice thing here is that the used color is orange, while our flag is red-white-blue. I think the psychological underlying idea is that orange is not so much associated with nationalism and patriotism, but rather with shared identity.
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