Voters across the world,when given the chance to change things, tend to stick with what they know. Will this mean no Brexit?Never underestimate the capacity of human beings to step back from the brink; or in many cases their wisdom in choosing to do so. That would seem to be the wider message from New Zealand’s national flag referendum this week. The more you think approximately it, or the more reassuring that message seems accurate now.examine at the current New Zealand flag. What proud independent nation – and no one can doubt that New Zealand is one of those would want a flag dominated by another country’s? Especially when that other country is the former colonial power thousands of miles absent. And even more when you are a country that is nowadays extraordinarily aware of its own racial history and mix. A contemporary New Zealand flag for a contemporary New Zealand would seem a no-brainer to me.
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Source: theguardian.com