It's a brilliant idea is a Giant Flag. But I really can't see the the practicalities of actually having one being other than the nightmare it was before. A nightmare made all the more complicated by the move to Falmer.
So if peeps really want a Giant Flag, might it be better to revisit the...
If it does turn up it'd be marvellous if Tedebear can give it a home because, to be honest, the flag has been a real mixed blessing up to now! Since the novelty of having it wore off, nobody wants to take responsibility for it (and I can't blame anyone for that since I don't either!) which...
Right now we need the flag. Not a load of unhelpful press coverage about a non-existent theft! Especially if that coverage identifies the fact that we've lost the flag.
REMF don't own the flag - in fact I don't think anyone actually owns it as such since the cost of it was raised by supporters who, at the time, were chippping in to buy a Giant Flag. It was some time later that the flag was dedicated in Rob's memory. I also doubt that REMF have insured it but...
I can't understand who or how "someone picked it up about 3 months ago" though. Only it's far too big and heavy to be casually picked up by anyone! It'd be even heavier if it had been left outside and got rained on too and apart from anything else, it's not the easiest thing to stow in a car...