RUGBY, England—Stuart Field raised his first flags in July: the English red cross of St. George and also a smattering of the British red, white and blue, hanging them from his hometown’s streetlights.

There are no prizes for subtlety in British politics. But there are prizes for the winners of “Tapp Into Reading”, a scheme where children in Dover and Deal, the constituency home to the White Cliffs, ...

The flag had been due to be sold outside the country, but an export bar was put in place - Jonathan Loach/North East Museums A Royal Navy flag that was flown at the Battle of Trafalgar will remain in ...