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This is tragic – from The Rochdale Herald:

‘Man who died putting flag on lamppost to have roundabout painted in his honour

A Rochdale man who died after falling from a lamppost while putting up a flag “for patriotic reasons” is to be remembered with a painted roundabout, councillors have confirmed.

Michael “Mick” Dawson, 52, a Reform voter and self-described “defender of British values”, was decorating Bury Road ahead of what friends said was “a general feeling that the country needed more flags”.

Onlookers said he was still waving the Union Jack as he fell — a true patriot to the very end.

Friends later said it was “a relief” to know the last thing that went through his mind was the flag, followed shortly afterwards by the pavement.

Flags across the borough were lowered to half-mast in tribute, prompting several more Reform supporters to take it upon themselves to reposition flags “properly and visibly”, after expressing concern that they were “not patriotic enough from certain angles”.

The council confirmed that several more local patriots subsequently died while attempting to adjust flags, describing the situation as “a chain reaction of national pride”.

Emergency services were called to multiple incidents involving residents “climbing with confidence and very little planning”.

One witness said a man paused halfway up a lamppost to explain he was doing it “for Britain” before falling off.

The volunteer group involved has since changed its name from Operation Raise The Colours to Operation Raise The Colours To A Sensible Height And In Full Accordance With Health And Safety Legislation, a move described as “regrettable but necessary”.

Councillors have now approved plans to repaint the roundabout at the junction of Bury Road and Crow Lane in Mr Dawson’s honour, stressing the work will be carried out “entirely from ground level and without expressing opinions about the EU”.

A council spokesperson urged residents wishing to show patriotism to do so “in ways that do not involve ladders”, adding: “Gravity remains stubbornly globalist.”

The repainting is expected to take place later this spring, weather — and nationalism — permitting.’