Proud Of England Inventing Stuff Apparently

I was lucky enough to interview someone this morning who was putting up Union Flags on a lamppost and when i asked why, the reply was: 'Because we are proud to be English'.
I obviously kept my power dry until later that it was the British Union Flag he had and the English Flag of St George is very different things but it was interesting when i asked him exactly what made him proud about England and the reply was 'Well..we are English ain't we' and filled the following silence with '...and we live in England' which was very observant of him and served as a reminder to me just in case i thought I had woken up in Argentina this morning.   
When pressed on specifically what made him proud to be English his pal came to his rescue with: 'All the things we invented and winning the wars and stuff' although when asked what invention in particular he replied. 'All of 'em'.
Just before we finished i asked them if they realised the British Union Flag includes the Irish Flag and Scotland Flag in it as well as the English one and all i got was a shrug so they didn't seem overly bothered that as well as proud to be English, they were also showing pride for the other home countries also and as for it being upside down, i left that as not many people know it anyway although an upside down Union Flag is a sign of distress.   
Obviously the people putting up flags (St George or the Union one whichever way up) in our streets are not doing it out of patriotism or some sort of civic pride, they are doing it because it is the latest crazy right wing idea, to make people who are not White English intimidated, to remind them they are in England and England is for the English...and also we won wars and invented stuff obviously.
Flags don't really bother me, seems  a bit weird how some nations such as America go overboard about them and have them everywhere including on TV being set on fire in Middle Eastern countries but during a World Cup or Euro's or even during the Royal Jubilee I don't mind a flag fluttering in the breeze but just randomly turning up on signs or painted on roundabouts just seems a bit bonkers.
I am sure some people are flying them due to the ongoing Rugby World Cup and to support the Red Roses Rugby team but it does seem most are Nigel Farage supporting racists who you just know one of which will be in hospital after being knocked down whilst spraying a red cross on a white roundabout and when they are, i really hope it is a foreign doctor who is in charge of administering their pain relief.