MP celebrates Black Country Day – by holding the flag upside down
An MP was left red-faced as she celebrated Black Country Day on social media - by holding the region's flag upside down.
Stourbridge MP Suzanne Webb posted a picture of herself on Twitter holding the Black Country Flag outside the House of Commons.
But Miss Webb, who served for four years as a councillor in Birmingham, was holding the flag upside down.
The flag, designed 10 years ago by Stourbridge schoolgirl Gracie Shepherd, features a picture of the Red House glass cone at Wordsley.
Miss Webb's howler prompted Twitter user Mark Ridge to jokingly turn the picture of the MP upside down so that the flag was displayed correctly.
He posted: "My Tory MP Suzanne Webb would like to show her support and awareness for Black Country Day by holding the flag upside down. I've fixed it."
Others asked whether it was some kind of distress symbol.
Miss Webb, who quickly removed the image, played down the mistake.
"The wrong picture was posted in error by my team. When I saw it, I immediately changed it to the correct image with all the Dudley MPs and the flag the right way up.
"Everyone makes mistakes. This is one that has harmed no-one and cost nothing. I can live with that."
She also featured on a Happy Black Country Day tweet posted by Dudley North MP Marco Longhi with fellow Black Country MPs, and two flags held the right way up.
