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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Petition to have British sports stars represent their own countries flag and not the British flag and put a stop to this hate that it create
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Having seen the whole 'Scottish when he loses and British when he wins' trending on twitter been written by Northen Irish, Scottish and Welsh people upon Andrew Murrays' recent U.S Open victory and maiden slam title it is more than clear that they don't want to be competing under the British flag and are not grateful for the support at grass roots level. It is worth consideration as we seem fine doing this for our football teams.
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