Excuse me, PR, I have the impression that you blinded yourself on one eye to hold your view. You want the flags of certain countries but neglect their origin. I'm gonna put my former question more verbose:
What is the country of England if not a political unit?
What is the country of Scotland if not a political unit?
What is the country of Wales if not a political unit?
What is the country of Northern Ireland if not a political unit?
Your argument continues:
PRStevenson: We also have the equivalent of US States in
the UK called counties and each county has it's own flag.
I beg
to differ: US states, too, are divided into counties, Aren't these
political units, too? And, the political subdivisions of Germany are countries (Länder), too - what about their flags? (BTW, our county equivalents are called Landkreis)
Another of your statements is based on countries - equality of countries:
PRStevenson: The principal is one of equality. If other countries can be represented with their country flags why can't the countries of England, N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales?
Equal rights? Part of the worldwide accepted Human Rights for individuals, hardly applicable for (unpolitical?) countries, and certainly no part of WGT's T&Cs.
I love those "Why?" questions because they ask for reasons behind decisions, which are individual, not general. WGT has provided an answer for that which includes their decision:
They don't want to change what they established before!