telegraph.co.uk: The new face of Britain? Flag poll results (
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When Ian Lucas, a Welsh Labour MP,
suggested the Union flag be redrawn to incorporate the Welsh dragon, he could not have imagined that this would be the "popular" choice.

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Even at the height of Cool Britannia surely Tony Blair would have baulked at adopting this sunglasses-wearing, flame-haired cartoon dragon as our national emblem.
Yes, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (
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ANN ) has influenced the minds of many for a (theorectical) new British flag! Kick reason to the curb and do the impossible! However, that's not a dragon...
Some were serious, some scurrilous, some frankly ridiculous. Many came from Japan, where our competition sparked a national craze after it was picked up by a popular online forum.
That forum would be 2channel (
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We selected 20 of the best submissions and after
a week-long online poll the sunglasses-dragon has emerged as the overwhelming favourite, with 55 per cent of the vote.