A Labour council leader is facing calls to quit after being shown on camera labelling St George's flag campaigners as 'criminals' and 'nonces'.
Former parliamentary candidate Jeremy Newmark spoke out over a movement known as Operation Raise The Colours - prompting gasps from fellow members of Hertsmere Borough Council in Hertfordshire.
Mr Newmark accused the group of running 'an attempt by a bunch of extremists, criminals, nonces to hijack our national flag'.
His remarks came days after an estimated 150,000 supporters of ex-English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson took part in a 'Unite The Kingdom' rally in London.
He was responding to a question from a Conservative councillor in the affluent Home Counties area, over whether he supported Liberal Democrats-run Hertfordshire County Council taking down Union Flags and St George's crosses.
