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I confess this is not a historical take that has occurred to me before, but put like that, it suddenly looks like an incredible act of trolling by the French King who chose St George as the symbol of England - a King, we should remember, who didn't actually like England and only came here for 6...

Without wishing to ignite some kind of "World's Hardest Patron Saint" thread do you know why St Edmund's flag has the same dragon as the Welsh flag and which came first? Did heraldic designers just lack imagination or was he linked to Wales in some way too?

As a woke snowflake with zero interest in the concept of saints, patron or otherwise and not someone who is particularly patriotic either, I'd like to say I have no issue with anyone celebrating St George's Day - same as the vast majority of woke snowflakes aren't that bothered. Fill yer boots...