'<b>Animated Lion Rampant with Freedom Flag of Scotland'.</b><br>Heraldic Scottish ‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lion_Rampant" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lion Rampant">Lion Rampant</a>’ on the Scottish Flag, also referred to as the ‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Saltire" class="extiw" title="w:en:Saltire">Saltire</a>’ or ‘<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Cross_of_Saint_Andrew" class="extiw" title="w:en:Cross of Saint Andrew">St Andrew's Cross</a>’, a popular pairing for independence banners of today (see another example - <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland_defaced_with_Royal_Arms.PNG" title="File:Flag of Scotland defaced with Royal Arms.PNG">Flag of Scotland defaced with Royal Arms</a>). Created from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Arms_of_the_Kingdom_of_Scotland.svg" title="File:Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg">Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland</a> by ‘<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sodacan" title="User:Sodacan">Sodacan</a>’ and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Scotland.svg" title="File:Flag of Scotland.svg">Flag of Scotland</a> by ‘<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kbolino" title="User:Kbolino">Kbolino</a>’.<br>An earlier version of this composition has been adopted by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://labourhub.org.uk/2021/07/30/giving-scottish-labour-a-chance">Scottish Labour Hub</a> to represent a new direction for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Labour_Party" class="extiw" title="w:en:Labour Party">Labour Party</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Scotland" class="extiw" title="w:en:Scotland">Scotland</a>. The Saltire is also the background of flags and banners of other countries such as the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krakow-official-banner.png" title="File:Krakow-official-banner.png">Flag of Kraków</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Poland" class="extiw" title="w:en:Poland">Poland</a>.
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