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>Her father Stuart Field, 47, said his daughter was left ‘embarrassed’ and had no idea what she’d done wrong

Well, good job she won’t get any further embarrassment from the reaction to this

The dad seems like a grifter. She is giving a speech at a Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon event.

I don’t think that’s the British culture we want.

Hats off to Courtney for mastering compo face at only 12 years old!

More broadly this is literally one of the most idiotic stories I’ve ever had the misfortune to read. Nearly everybody involved is a cretin.

School holds a “cultural day” but bans the cultural expression of the country where the fucking school is.

Family decides to sponge off the press and make a big deal out of it. Despite daughter clearly not actually giving a shit.

Right wingers start threatening violence over something so ridiculous that should be met with an eye roll.

School closes so kids don’t get an education.

Well done everybody! Great work! Morons all round.

I can’t help but feel like this is the exact chain of events her dad wanted to milk this for all it’s worth

Culture != Politics designed to incite a reaction.

The far right are exhausting

That’ll help a young schoolgirl won’t it, threatening to attack it, screwing over all the other kids…

Personally I think the dress is fine – its Geri Halliwell’s dress from 1997 at the height of Cool Britannia, and since we don’t have a national costume, that seems like a pretty good one to choose to represent British culture. And if the staff objected to this I think they were pretty silly to do so.

The fact she was giving some sort of “speech” raises my eyebrows a bit, and makes me wonder what the content of that was – the fact they’ve now got her speaking at a Yaxley-Lennon event gives me a good idea and that’s not the sort of British culture we want to promote.

I really love that this is the society we’ve all cultivated, left or right everyone is to blame for this shit.

Well don’t everyone 👍

All of this could of been avoided if her dad just had her dress as Graham Gooch

This incident feeds off the paranoia some people have about British culture, both for and against. Jumping to a conclusion of it being racist to show the flag and the community who feel threatened responding just like other communities have done recently. It’s fascinating to see it play out.

What a scumbag this fella is, i guarantee this isn’t the first time he has exploited his daughter to make money.

From the supposed speech at the bottom of the article “But it can feel like being British doesn’t count as a culture, just because it’s the majority.”

I cant fathom this coming out a 12-yr olds mouth for some reason.

I very much doubt it! Patriotic people don’t threaten schools or teachers unlike the left or the extreme religious right.

I’ve been learning a lot about the escapades of Hope Not Hate and how they operate in the country. They’re basically a propaganda organisation for the UK government, putting out false stories to control the narrative. To me, this feels exactly like that.