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Reform UK is stirring controversy in North Yorkshire by pledging to ban Pride flags from council buildings if elected, arguing that only Union, county, English, Armed Forces, and heritage flags should fly — claiming this prioritizes services over “identity flags.” Their leader, Tom Seston, insists the backlash online isn’t as severe as portrayed and that symbolic gestures won’t improve public services. Critics, including a local councillor, condemn the rhetoric as intolerant and tied to Reform UK, while the council had previously flown the Pride flag in June to honor LGBTQ+ communities — a move now at the center of a heated political debate.

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