Reform to ban all flags except union jack and St George’s Cross on council buildings

Reform UK volition prohibition councils from flying Ukraine’s emblem successful enactment of the war-torn country, allowing lone the union, region and St George’s flags connected assembly buildings.

Councils crossed the state person flown the bluish and yellowish emblem of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale penetration successful 2022 to amusement solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

“No different flags volition beryllium permitted to beryllium flown connected its flagpoles, balconies, reception desks oregon assembly enclosure walls,” president Zia Yusuf said.

As good arsenic banning the Ukraine flag, Reform’s program would forestall councils from displaying pridefulness flags.

After a stunning acceptable of section elections past week, Reform has taken power of 10 councils – Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Doncaster, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire.

Labour MP and seasoned Mike Tapp said: “As VE Day reminds us, Britain has a arrogant past of moving with allies to decision dictators and tyrants.

“It tells you each you request to cognize astir Nigel Farage’s Reform that their precise archetypal enactment aft winning elections is to prohibition the Ukrainian emblem from our municipality halls, successful this of each weeks.

“But portion it is sickening, it should travel arsenic nary surprise: Farage told america that Vladimir Putin is the satellite person helium astir admires.

“Farage and Reform councillors should halt sucking up to Moscow and driblet their prohibition connected flying the Ukrainian emblem immediately.”

Labour has repeatedly attacked Reform implicit Mr Farage’s past comments astir Putin, including saying helium is the person helium astir admires and saying the West “provoked” Russia’s penetration of Ukraine.

Sir Keir Starmer said recently: “Nigel Farage is fawning implicit Putin.

“That’s not patriotism. That is not what moving radical need.”

Labour MP James Frith added: “On VE Day, we retrieve Britain’s arrogant contented of lasting with allies against tyrants.

“It speaks volumes that Reform’s archetypal enactment aft their predetermination gains is to prohibition the Ukrainian emblem successful the precise week we honour the combat against dictatorship.

“Farage and his councillors should halt pandering to Moscow and scrap this disgraceful prohibition now.”

The Liberal Democrats said the enactment is “really arrogant of the mode communities crossed the state person travel unneurotic to amusement our enactment for Ukraine oregon Armed Forces Day”.

A spokesperson added: “It would beryllium a existent shame if Reform councillors artifact their communities from flying the emblem for our brave British troops and our allies against Putin, each for the involvement of immoderate meaningless virtue-signalling.”

A Reform spokesperson said: “Reform UK volition proudly alert the national jack, St George’s emblem and region flags. Unlike Labour, we are arrogant of our state and history.”