I painted a huge Union flag on my house after my neighbours tore down a St George's cross

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Simon Brocklehurst spent 12 hours plastering the 6m (19ft) x 7m (22ft) flag on his four-bedroom end-of-terraced home. The 41-year-old welder's patriotic gesture came after neighbours tore down a St George's cross which he had been flying in his front garden.   Simon admits his response has seen him become "public enemy number one" but insists he's mainly received praise for his display.  However, some locals have said they worry the "garish" red, white and blue paint-job would now devalue their own homes if they wanted to sell up. Video: SWNS

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00:00My name's Simon I am from Sutton in Ashfield. I've had flags torn down, people

00:06run off with them shouting racist. Obviously they can't rip that one down

00:12and run away with it. I'm proud to be British. Obviously I've got a bit more

00:20work to do on it like level out the lines and paint the blue on. I've had

00:25good comments but I've also had a lot of hate. Facebook warriors have taken on

00:33the abuse a little bit too much. Everybody's entitled to their opinion I

00:40suppose. People tell you that you can't do things but you really can. If you stand

00:46together then there's no limits is there? You get people driving past beeping the

00:52horn, sticking the thumbs up. Just patriotic people from my day-to-day life.

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