伯明翰市议会正向高等法院申请禁令，以阻止反移民组织“Raise the Colours”及其联合创始人瑞安·布里奇（Ryan Bridge）在公共基础设施上悬挂英格兰旗和米字旗1。该法律申请将布里奇、另外七人以及“未知人士”列为禁止对象1。这项始于去年夏天的悬挂旗帜运动引发了社会意见两极分化，并导致负责拆除旗帜的市政工作人员遭到骚扰与恐吓1。伯明翰市议会的这一举措，类似于牛津郡议会今年7月为阻止在路灯柱上悬挂旗帜而获得的永久禁令1。
今年4月，布里奇在牛津因涉嫌宗教和种族加重骚扰被捕，目前尚未被起诉1。此外，他对6月在布莱顿发生的一起普通袭击指控表示不认罪，并已获法庭保释1。5月，一群人在聚集拆除旗帜后发生肇事逃逸事件，导致一名男子受重伤，两名涉案男子被捕后获保释1。布里奇等人此前还曾因试图阻止移民横渡英吉利海峡，被处以10年内禁止前往法国的处罚1。
Birmingham City Council is seeking a high court injunction to stop the anti-migrant group Raise the Colours and its co-founder Ryan Bridge from erecting England and Union Jack flags on public infrastructure 1. The application names co-founder Ryan Bridge, seven others, and "persons unknown" 1. The campaign began last summer in Birmingham, polarizing opinion and leading to the harassment and intimidation of council staff removing the flags 1.
The council's legal action follows a similar permanent high court injunction granted to Oxfordshire County Council in July to stop the flying of flags from lamp-posts 1. Ryan Bridge was arrested in Oxford in April on suspicion of causing religiously and racially aggravated harassment and has not been charged 1. He also pleaded not guilty to common assault over a June incident in Brighton and was released on court bail 1. In May, a man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run after a group gathered to remove flags, and two men were arrested and released on bail 1. Bridge and others were also subject to a 10-year ban on travelling to France after attempting to stop migrants crossing the Channel 1.
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