and British emblems.” The banner was designed in Dublin in 1923 and is based on the flag of the traditional province of Ulster. It was adopted as the flag of Northern Ireland by Stormont in 1953 ...

A social media post about Northern Ireland which used an Irish tricolour has been removed by 10 Downing Street. An edited version of the Instagram post has now been uploaded without the flag.

Is there an openness to a united Ireland? In the House ... I don't know what flag I stand under any more? What does it even mean to be British now?'" Is that view widespread amongst unionists?