Union Jacks torn down in Welsh town amid calls to BAN 'Wales' as country's official name

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Union Jacks have been torn down by pro-independence campaigners in a Welsh town - just as calls to ban "Wales" as the country's name are rising.A group named Mudiad Eryr Wen (MEW), describes itself - in English - as a "movement for the Welsh republican nationalist youth" and claims the flags removed were St George's Crosses, Union flags, and an Ulster loyalist flag.Footage from the group shows an England flag being ripped off of lampposts near Wrexham's Cae Ras stadium.In a statement, independence campaigners bristled: "Many locals have been infuriated and have called for their removal; this isn't the Shankill and it isn't welcome here.

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