LGBTQ+ standard disappears from Matlock high street as Christian bookshop manager says they are ‘not happy with the gay rights situation’
The spa town of Matlock in the Peak District is known for the joyful flags adorning its historic high street. The St George’s Cross, the union flag, the Derbyshire county flag and the Pride flag flutter brightly above the town’s many independent businesses.
That was until a row erupted that has divided the town, after the mysterious disappearance of a Pride flag turned out to be the work of the very council that had installed it.
Townspeople and the local MP are calling for its return after a LGBTQ+ standard was removed in a “sly little way” following complaints from some Christians.
Kate Bond, who lives in the Derbyshire town, said she had donated £150 to the council to refresh the flags as they had become tatty over time. “They were such a mess because they were really old and dirty,” she said.
