A Reform-run council is facing fury today after its leader ordered the Ukrainian flag be removed from its headquarters.
Nigel Farage's party took over control of Kent County Council on May 1 and its leader this morning ordered a ban on banners from 'special interest groups'.
Linden Kemkaran also banned the authority from flying the Pride flag later this year, telling the AGM in Maidstone: 'The Union Jack, the flag of St George and the flag of Kent, they are the identity that we all share and it is that identity that we need to focus on.'
To applause form her supporters she told the chamber her new administration had little time for 'special interest groups' or the flags that represent them.
Her words were met with raucous applause and table thumping from the Reform benches, likened to a 'political rally' by the council's opposition leader, Liberal Democrat Antony Hook.
