Will Haylett, 43, maintains he was simply attempting to 'lift people's spirits' by adding the patriotic bunting throughout Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
Local councils have spent at least £70,000 removing flags put up following Operation Raise the Colours, which encouraged people to put up Union Jacks and St George's flags.
Volunteers in Penarth, South Wales, were allegedly met with 'abuse and threats' as they placed poppies and the flags on a lamp post ahead of Remembrance Day.
EXCLUSIVE: The council previously prided itself on its displays of Palestine banners but used metal poles to rip down England flags during the peak of the 'Operation Raise the Colours' movement.
Bacon, who was previously a Blue Peter presenter and later a BBC Radio 5 Live host, spoke out following comments on flags by football pundit Gary Neville.
Gary Neville, 50, has drawn criticism after accusing 'angry, middle-aged white men' of fostering division in Britain by 'using the Union Jack in a negative fashion'.
Gary Neville has been labelled a 'traitor' by furious football fans following his 'angry middle-aged white men' rant against those who brandish Union Jack flags 'in a negative fashion'.
Neville has faced a backlash for comments the former England and Manchester United defender made about Britons fastening St George's and Union Jack flags to lampposts.