From: Richard Wilson, chair, Leeds for Europe, Leeds.
Leeds is twinned with the German city of Dortmund. Our group, Leeds for Europe, will be highlighting that link with a stall at its ‘Dortbunt’ culture and arts festival on Sunday, May 5. This follows our visit to French twin Lille last year. Our visit to Germany is being organised independently of Leeds City Council but builds on the efforts to further relations established many decades ago.
The UK is still a member, so its flag is still one of ours. It’s shared with the European Union, who celebrate Europe Day slightly later, on May 9. So, this May would be the ideal time for Leeds and similarly minded, progressive authorities in Yorkshire to show their true colours. It seems a missed opportunity every time I see an empty flagpole above Leeds Town Hall. The first time we mentioned this on your letters page, we drew attention to a weird idea floating around at the time .
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