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  • "There is a lot of shadow boxing," said one source who pointed out that Falkland Islands ships had no problem docking in Mercosur ports because they fly the Red Ensign.

    Argentina hits back at David Cameron over colonialism jibe 2012

  • I wonder if he was one of the fossils who expressed his contempt for Canada by promoting the Red Ensign, an old British insignia?

    Oh, so that’s why. LuLu 2009

  • The Red Ensign with a few touches would be a much more appropriate Flag for this country than the present Liberal Flag.

    Conservatives Fought Against Red Maple Leaf 2008

  • Pictures speak louder than words -- and many words have been expended trying to prove that the Red Ensign was "not seen" in the First World War!

    Red Ensign on the Western Front, WW I 2008

  • More on the Red Ensign here, and a selection Canadian military flags of the twentieth century is here. posted by Mark, Ottawa at 4:12 PM

    Red Ensign on the Western Front, WW I 2008

  • I love the Maple Leaf flag, and there is still a very dear place in my heart for the Red Ensign.

    Conservatives Fought Against Red Maple Leaf 2008

  • I'm not certain anyone would frame it any racial context certainly not directly, though it would be hard to deny that the historical truth that the Red Ensign comes from a time when the perception of who is a Canadian was primarily European.

    the charter at 25 2007

  • Englishmen had not forgotten how, a few months before, United States Marines had boarded RMS Trent, a royal mail steamer flying the Red Ensign, and carried away two Confederate diplomats, James M. Mason and John Slidell—anincident that brought England and the United States to the brink of war.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Englishmen had not forgotten how, a few months before, United States Marines had boarded RMS Trent, a royal mail steamer flying the Red Ensign, and carried away two Confederate diplomats, James M. Mason and John Slidell—anincident that brought England and the United States to the brink of war.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

  • Englishmen had not forgotten how, a few months before, United States Marines had boarded RMS Trent, a royal mail steamer flying the Red Ensign, and carried away two Confederate diplomats, James M. Mason and John Slidell—anincident that brought England and the United States to the brink of war.

    FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007

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