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    St George’s cross appears on Westbury white horse monument

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    1. estanmilko on

      Listed as a scheduled monument, I assume that we’re going to be prosecuting the perpetrators then?

    3. ChiefWiggumsprogeny on

      It’s the most effort they’ve put into anything since learning to spell “immigration.”

    4. ProtonHyrax99 on

      These twats are now damaging pieces of English / British history with this stupid flag nonsense.

      Given the government is going after Banksy for painting a listed courthouse, I’m sure we’ll see just as much of an investigation into the attack on this listed monument, right?

      And of course all the people who were incensed at JSO throwing soup at a Van Gogh painting will be up in arms about this too, right?

    5. GottlobFrege on

      It’s a symbol of imperialism and colonialism and therefore racism. It’s like the American confederate flag.

    6. mushybees83 on

      If Just Stop Oil had done this the right whingers would have been frothing at the mouth. More than usual.

    7. ManagementMain6978 on

      >Wiltshire police said no crime had been committed after red fabric appeared on the Westbury white horse

      Yeah, this is fabric and no crime committed according to the first line in the article. Disagree strongly with going about the flag in this manner but it’s so weird seeing the two-faced nature ongoing here. If it was someone doing this and labelling it as art? It’s hailed.

      Exact same thing, wrong fullstop to vandalise monuments and old buildings imo.

      Edit: For clarity, I think this **should** be considered criminal, and the offenders charged. Didn’t actually put this forward when I wrote, apologies for confusion there.

    9. mrafinch on

      Personally I’m not bothered if people want to paint shitty crosses on a roundabout… but I draw the line on the horse.

    11. Informal_Drawing on

      Can we just not.

      Did somebody take their strappy long-sleeve coats off and let them out again?

    13. james-royle on

      Some silly bollocks has painted a red cross on a fridge that is waiting to be picked up by the scrap man on our street!

    15. Pmabbz on

      They said their assessing damage but not if there was any. If there wasn’t and it was just fabric then I see no issue, just as I see no issue with flags on lampposts. I do however have issue with criminal damage by painting roundabouts or if there is damage to this monument.

    16. Max375623875 on

      ‘Imagine if just stop oil/ muslims/ jews/ blah blah had done this!’

      We clearly agree that anyone who does this is foolish and should be criminally prosecuted, but anyone who genuinely thinks that a public outcry against acts like these are heightened when other groups do this is simply a result of xenophobia, hypocrisy, etc. is burying their head in the sand.

      Yes this is shameful, but do you really think this sends the same message as the white horse being covered in an Israeli or Palestinian flag?

    17. ouzo84 on

      Oh they can fuck right off now. And then fuck off some more. And when they have fucked off that far… they can keep fucking off until they forget what the rolling hills of England look like

    18. fgspq on

      I bet the people who did this were absolutely fucking furious at Just Stop Oil. Double or nothing they don’t realise their own hypocrisy

    22. EarlyVariety9664 on

      I was sure this looked cooler than this or is there another horse monument in england

      Edit

      The Uffington one is the cool one

    23. itsableeder on

      I bet these people were up in arms every time Just Stop Oil splashed red paint across the front of a bank.

    27. jnthhk on

      I’m convinced these people are doing this because they want to be told no, and are increasing upping the ante when most councils have, wisely, let them get on with it.

      “What do you mean I can’t paint a flag on the moving rotor of a helicopter while it’s taking off. Is it because I’m not allowed to have pride in my flag”?

      “No, it’s because you’ll get chopped up into a thousand pieces and die”.

      10 seconds later…

      “WHAT DO YOU MEAN I’M NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE PRIDE IN MY FLAG” r/compoface

    28. HeavnIsFurious on

      Social media has made us dumb. Look at the fucking stupid shit we’re being bombarded with.

    29. Green-Peace9087 on

      Some fabric pegged over concrete. Looks pretty cool and unlikely to have caused damage from what i can see .

      They should do it every day on st georges day imo. Could become a fundraising thing .

    30. ash_ninetyone on

      Fly it on a flag pole, or drape it in your window.

      Don’t deface our natural and historical phenomena.

      These idiots would paint a cross on the white cliffs of Dover if they could

    31. GiftedGeordie on

      Imagine if a left wing organisation or group had done this? But because it’s done by the far right, nothing will be done. It’s two tier policing but not in the way that the far right say it is.