After all the furore over which flags to fly at Kent County Council’s HQ, it has emerged the authority has not got planning permission for them.

The British Union Jack’s colors impacted flags in former British ... According to World Atlas, 29 countries have red, white and blue in their national flag. According to Kaye, the Netherlands ...

Guinea also has a flag similar to these two countries, but the placement of the colors is reversed. As former British colonies, Australia and New Zealand have quite striking similarities in their ...

In the words of union jack historian Malcolm Farrow, "a mish-mash - but what do you expect from the British constitution ... it as such - most countries have flag acts that set out, to the last detail ...