Gerry asked

> And is the English flag called the Cross of St.
> George or has it subsequently also been labeled the Union Jack?
> After all, England is a member of the United Kingdom, isn't it?
> Methinks even history is ajumble.

Gerry the Cross of St George is only used to represent England. It
is flown in Scotland, only when England is being represented, and so
is not in any way a flag of the Union of the United Kingdom. It
would be like the Flag of Texas being flown in Arkansas to represent
Texas there. The Flag of Texas also is in no way called "Old Glory".

History is only a jumble, unfortunately to people who have very
little. Given the current world state, perhaps we could remember To
Hegel's dictum of how for the historically ignorant that `history
always repeats itself' Karl Marx sardonically added the
observation, `the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce'.
In the context of the Persian Gulf today it might be apposite to
suggest a further variation: that history always repeats itself — the
first time as tragedy, the second time as even greater tragedy. Or
perhaps given the stupidity about to be unleashed there, "We learn
from history that we learn nothing from history…" - George Bernard
Shaw.

Regards

John