Patriotic truck drivers in our town have been banned by bosses from flying the flag during the world cup.............
For distric council employees, an unofficial ruling means the flags - already attached to authority vehivles must be removed immediately - It was felt that to display flags from council vehicles would be inappropriate
several councils across the country have also introduced unoffical rulings

Thats outrageous , council workers are banned from decorating council vehicles . So I suppose that means the road-sweeper driver cannot put up a green party poster on the side of his cab , the dust cart driver cannot put a "no hand signals -driver masturbating" sticker on the back of the wagon .
Oh the horror , the oppression that these local government tyrants impose upon their employees .

What you really need Shades is a properly funded local authority program to ensure that all council vehicles fly properly approved flags during sporting occasions . It would be an appropriate waste of local tax revenue .
Though of course.....All you have to do is go to a cricket match to see how many people support the country of their birth.
....damn , thats a bit of a bugger isn't it , now you need to get some other flags , you wouldn't expect a Scottish dog warden in Hackney to put up with flying the St.Georges cross from his van instead of the St. Andrews one during the six nations would you . Just like you wouldn't expect an Indian Traffic Warden in Birmingham to have to stick a Union Flag in his hat rather than an Indian one during a Test Match .