On a recent visit to Worcester I was disappointed to see the Union Flag fly over the city’s Guildhall.

Worcester, the faithful city, has honourably flown England's national flag the Cross of St. George (COSG) for years when lesser unthinking councils have dishonoured the national emblem.

Briefly, since 1999 Devolution, flying of the "Union flag" in England, Scotland and Wales (not N.Ireland) is regulated by the updated 2008 version of Westminster publication “Flying the Flag on UK Government Buildings”(UKGBs).

England’s Public Service buildings are not not UK Government Buildings.

As such they should permanently hoist England’s flag for its public services bodies owe their total financial and political existence to the people and taxpayers of England alone.

Regrettably unthinking unpatriotic councils all over England erroneously fly the Union flag perhaps unable to interpret the above publication or ignoring it.

Under Publication 2008 devolved governments in Scotland and Wales “draw up their own flag flying guidance” which is why their devolved Public Service buildings are rightly awash with their national flags.

Public service bodies in Scotland and Wales have got “flag flying” right but their unthinking unpatriotic counterparts in England, who persist in flying the Union flag, have got it wrong.

Worcester council must keep flying the "national" flag (COSG) and perhaps more enlightened English councils and other public bodies will "do a Worcester".

R.A.Hopkins,

Cheltenham