Should the flags in Essex come down?

Last summer a movement began which saw national flags raised onto lamp posts and bridges across the UK, including Essex. The cross of Saint George and the Union Flag were used part in protest about the arrival of asylum seekers on small boats across the English Channel, and part in a show of patriotism.

Six months after the flags went up, is it time they were taken down? BBC reporter Matt Knight has been finding out what the people of Braintree think...

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