share. Clarification and an on-air apology for this blunder.’Before the programme came to an end, Naga addressed the mistake.‘Now just before we go, we’d like to apoligise for a mistake we made earlier in the programme in a graphic sequence explaining travel quarantine rules around the nations of the UK,’ she said.The only official flag in Northern Ireland is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom.
Stormont’s First Minister has demanded an investigation into how the wrong flag was used to represent Northern Ireland on BBC Breakfast. Flag of Switzerland but the plus sign is written in the helvetica font. This flag was obtained by a mate of mine who was stationed in Northern Ireland when he was in the British Army, and he brought me this flag back, a flag of the Ulster Volunteer Force. The only official flag in Northern Ireland is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom. The programme apologised for use the Irish Republic’s flag to represent Northern Ireland on Friday morning’s show.Stormont’s First Minister has demanded an investigation into how the wrong flag was used to represent Northern Ireland on BBC Breakfast.Arlene Foster made the call after the flag of the Irish Republic was used in the graphic illustrating differing travel quarantine restrictions in place in the different UK regions during Friday morning’s show.Mrs Foster’s DUP party branded the incident “disgraceful”.At the end of the programme, presenter Naga Munchetty apologised for the error.“We would like to apologise for a mistake we made earlier in the programme,” she said.“In a graphic sequence explaining the differing travel quarantine rules around the nations of the UK we mistakenly showed the wrong flag for Northern Ireland.”North Antrim MP Ian Paisley emailed the Director General & demanded an immediate apology.The apology (below) at 0858 is welcome but disgraceful that it had to be highlighted.
Posted by 1 day ago. Mrs Foster welcomed the apology but urged the BBC’s new director general Tim Davie to establish what went wrong.She tweeted: “@BBCBreakfast were right to apologise swiftly but the BBC DG needs to investigate the editorial process that allowed the inaccurate graphic to air. Many audiences were seething by the error and took to Twitter to call out the BBC for the ‘lazy’ blunder.‘I would expect The BRITISH Broadcasting Company (BBC Breakfast) to know which flag to show for Northern Ireland, particularly as is part of the U.K. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that The Ulster Banner was used by the Northern Ireland Government from 1953 until the Government and parliament were abolished in 1973. The flag is a heraldic banner and features the Red Hand of Ulster, a six-pointed star for the six counties of Northern Ireland and the British Crown on a St. George's Cross. New Flag for Northern Ireland. Frank George Valoczy, 17 April 2003. 900 likes. image by Martin Grieve. !’ blasted one viewer.Echoing a similar sentiment, another added: ‘For a mainstream and basically the biggest broadcaster in the UK, you would think the ability to use the correct flag for one slice of the UK wouldn’t be too much of a problem. Very disappointed and quite frankly offended! image by Martin Grieve. The Union flag flew above Belfast City Hall every day of the year until 3rd December 2012 when politicians democratically voted to fly it on 18 designated days. This was a civil flag for Northern Ireland, but the status of this was abolished when the Belfast Stormont assembly was closed down in 1973. ‘You’ve insulted 1.8million people. unofficial flag of a unit of the United Kingdom, flown subordinate to the Union Jack, that consists of a white field (background) bearing a central red cross with a white six-pointed star, a red hand, and a gold crown.. Thereafter, the Union Flag was made official for all purposes in Northern Ireland. Edwardian Crown version. On the nationalist and republican side, the tricolour of the Republic of Ireland is probably the most used flag. Earlier in the programme, the presenter and her co-host Jon Kay had been explaining the UK travel restrictions for the four nations.Each nation was represented by a flag, however, the graphic for Northern Ireland mistakenly showed the Republic Of Ireland’s flag instead. The Union flag, representing Northern Ireland The Confederation of British Industry said the ensuing riots have cost local businesses £10-£15 million in lost revenue..
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