Pub landlord investigated after painting massive St George's Cross on his boozer

Jerry Kunkler, who runs the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, says he's been painting England flags on his pub for years, but is now being investigated by his local council View 2 Images The landlord has spoken out

A council is investigating a landlord who painted a giant St George's Cross on his pub after a complaint that it looks like "the headquarters of the National Front". ‌

Jerry Kunkler, who runs the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, painted the red cross on the exterior of his white boozer for the first time in 2016. After Covid he repainted it in 2022 for the World Cup in Qatar. ‌

But he has now received a notification from Wiltshire Council that it was investigating a breach of planning legislation. The complaint is said to have come from an anonymous local