David Cameron has said he will fly the flag of St George over No 10 during the football World Cup in South Africa (courtesty of bbc.co.uk).
The prime minister told MPs that the move would not cost anything and he hoped would help unite the nation behind the English team.
No matter what part of the UK people came from, he said he hoped they would be shouting “come on England”.
Mr Cameron wished the team and manager well, ahead of their first match in South Africa.
As prime minister of the United Kingdom, the Union Flag is normally flown above their Downing Street residence.
But at his second weekly session of prime minister’s questions, Mr Cameron was asked by Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi whether he would hoist the English flag instead during the tournament, for which none of the other home nations qualified.
“There was some question that this was going to have a cost impact but I have managed to cut through that and I can say, at no additional cost to the taxpayer, the flag of St George will fly above Downing Street during the World Cup,” the prime minister replied.
“For the purposes of this, I am looking at all the benches here and I am sure that everyone in this House, no matter what part of the United Kingdom they come from, will be cheering ‘come on England’”.
England play their first group match against the United States on Saturday 12 June.
Mr Cameron did not say whether the flag would remain aloft for the entire competition or whether it would come down should England be eliminated before the final on Sunday 11 July.
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