Flag furore after group replace Saltire with Union Jack in Airdrie park
iOS - Android In a leaked letter, the Friends of West End Park group said they had received several requests from ex-service personnel, veterans and their families, indicating “they felt it would be right that we gave consideration to a British flag” and they were “very saddened and surprised” that their upgrade to the flagpole was “somehow associated to a political/national cause”.However, Jim Cassidy, a former British serviceman, dismissed their reasoning and called on the Saltire to be reinstated.He said: “I contacted the Labour leader of North Lanarkshire Council Jim Logue, who was very helpful and who informed me that having spoken to someone representing the Friends of West End Park group, that our national flag would be replaced as