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    Sandwich shop owner refuses to remove Union Jack artwork despite council complaints
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    Sandwich shop owner refuses to remove Union Jack artwork despite council complaints

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    1. Cam2910 on

      For clarity the council’s issue isn’t that it’s the flags.

      The council have told the owner to apply for planning permission for all the external images or remove them. Same as your local tesco needs planning permission to have signage.

    2. Cakeski on

      They’ve *”…had artwork painted on the sandwich shop’s outside wall for years…”*

      New council members must not have anything better to do since *”It is understood the images triggered the complaint that it was a ‘racial slur’.”*

      They’ve had the *”two other signs below the images reported to the council, which show a hungry customer and shark sharing a giant baguette, have been there for four years with no issue.”*

      It’s been up for four years, why is it now a problem for the pearl clutchers from the easily offended who think the union jack is being displayed for the purpose of “keep migrunts out of are cuntry?”

    4. nikhkin on

      >It is understood the images triggered the complaint that it was a ‘racial slur’. The council contacted Nina telling her she must either remove or apply for planning permission to keep them

      I think the fact that the artwork packed planning permission is the more likely of these scenarios.

    5. narayan77 on

      We have been seeing Palestine flags for months now, is anyone surprised to see the English flag and the Union Jack. If you visit France,  guess what you see the tricolour, if you visit England you see ———- you can fill in the blank.

    6. bobblebob100 on

      This is how disinformation and hatred is spread because people dont read and the media know what there doing.

      Its nothing to do with the Union Jack. Its the fact they didnt have planning permission

      The media need to be regulated so they cant just blatantly lie on headlines and mislead

    8. Important_Ruin on

      So again, actual truth hidden behind a rage baiting headline.

      It’s due to with planning permission not because of the ‘flags’

    9. RatmolesAndRoadtax on

      Flag of a state ruled by a designated terrorist group ✅

      Flag of the country we live in that’s been there for years ❌😡

    11. GaymerThrowaway1255 on

      I can’t believe we’re in a society that is arguing about the difference between patriotism and racism. it’s our flag ffs, not like it’s a confederate flag. this is dumb.

    12. wlondonmatt on

      Someone probably complained thinking that someone vandalised the wall . Not realising that the sandwich owner owned the boarded up windows   council worker contacted the sandwich shop owner confirmed that the artwork was theirs and the windows were owned by them council then closed the complaint.

      Sandwich shop owner made it a culture war issue 

    14. DDTTIDF on

      wonder if this council is also claiming financial issues while also following up on nonsense like this

    15. Certain-Flower-1585 on

      Shouldn’t need planning permission to display your flag.

      This country is a red-tape nightmare.

      Fuck the council.

    16. chaircardigan on

      This is a fine example of government waste. Just disband the planning department. They’d save millions and drive development at the same time.

    17. X5S on

      I’d rather the council tell them to remove the image of the bloke who looks like he’s trying to make the sandwich enjoy it

    18. P1wattsy on

      Why would you need planning permission for a painting of a flag

      Wtf is wrong with this country. This isn’t normal.

    20. Justlikejack9 on

      Since when was a flag considered an “advertisement”? If she took down the top two decals and replaced them with fabric flags, presumably she’d be OK? Is that how others are interpreting this article?

    21. sheslikebutter on

      I am so bored of this obsession. When are we going to move on. I know it’s only been a month or so but it feels like an eternity

    22. ussbozeman on

      OI! looks like a sammy shoppe, a real crust o’ the community, a lettuce in the lorry, ham and a Hertfordshire is about to be visited by the counts of the stable then and given a real Sheffield Shushing about dem flags.

      Well, it’s just the one flag actually. INNIT?!?!?

      But seriously, I expect there to be fines and probably an arrest soon about this. Ave Brittania!!

    23. wookiecock69 on

      They’ve been there for 24 years but have only recently put the flags up? Does it have anything to do with the flags currently being used for ‘taking our country back’ from the immigrants?

    24. Only_Tip9560 on

      Honestly stupid shit like this just feeding into the right wing reactionaries’ narratives.

      I do genuinely feel like most of us are just sat there watching two bunch of extremists wind each other up. Like this whole Tel Aviv football thing, I actually hate both “sides” of this nonsense equally.

    26. PhantomDP on

      Genuinely worried at how few of you are even reading the article

      Also shocked at how few of you have the empathy to see what’s going on and how these flags are making people feel