After all,the Confederate secretary of war had declared that the Confederate flag would fly over the Capitol building before the first of May.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

The photograph shows six men and an American flag during a battle in World War Two.

VOA: special.2011.05.30

The Northern Ireland Conservative Party has previously expressed concern that putting a union flag 356 days a year on the Belfast war memorial could "diminish the flag and debase and politicise a place of remembrance".

BBC: Northern Ireland

Others, such as the Northern Ireland Conservative Party, have expressed concern that putting a union flag 356 days a year on the Belfast war memorial could "diminish the flag and debase and politicise a place of remembrance".

BBC: Northern Ireland

So rather than being a formidable barrage, Mr Brown's double declaration of war looks instead like a white flag: an admission that he urgently needs to shore up Labour's core vote.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot