As noted below the guv'mint is spending lots of tax-payers dosh on trying to find "Icons" for England. I see that St George has in fact been nominated - so I suggest voting for him. I tried to suggest that his flag be nominated But I got this response
I'm not sure whether this is becuase the system is broken or just that they don't want this icon.
Looking around at the list of other "icons" I can find some I agree with, but none are as "iconic" as that white background with a red cross on it. The cebebrity suggestions range from the OK, if frequently London-centric, such as