Operation Raise the Colours

Operation Raise the Colours is a campaign movement in the United Kingdom consisting of groups that display the Union Flag and the Saint George's Cross in public places, as well as the flags of the other constituent countries of the UK. The campaign began in August 2025 and has particularly aroused controversy around the flag of England due to its history of use by anti-immigration nationalists. It has involved tying flags to lampposts and painting them onto mini-roundabouts. Some members of flagging groups have engaged in anti-migrant vigilantism in northern France and on the streets of Paris.

Supporters of the campaign say that this is with the aim of promoting patriotism. It has found support from members of the Conservative Party, Reform UK, Advance UK and the Labour Party. The campaign has also been supported by several figures and organisations associated with the far-right, including the fascist political party Britain First and the anti-Islam campaigner Tommy Robinson.

Anti-racist campaigning groups such as Stand Up to Racism and Hope Not Hate have expressed opposition to the movement. They argue that it is an intentional attempt by the far-right to promote their ideas, inflame tensions and intimidate immigrants, asylum seekers and other ethnic minorities at a time of rising anti-immigration sentiment in the UK. A number of groups and individuals claim to have started the movement, including the Weoley Warriors, Raise the Colours and Andrew Currien, who according to Hope Not Hate has alleged links to the English Defence League and Britain First.

Opinion polling in October 2025 showed that both white and ethnic minority adults surveyed tended to view the campaign as primarily being an expression of an anti-migrant or anti–ethnic minority message, rather than of patriotism.