Police investigate after St George’s flag is painted on mini roundabout in Wales
Richard Evans, local democracy reporter
Police are investigating after an English flag was painted on a mini roundabout in a Welsh town.
The roundabout near Ysgol John Bright on Maesdu Road in Llandudno was daubed with the St George’s flag, which symbolises the Patron Saint of England.
North Wales Police now say they are making enquiries, whilst the council has condemned the “graffiti”.
The vandalism follows thousands of England flags and Union Jacks being displayed across the UK, with many being illegally painted in public places such as mini roundabouts.
In many English towns, flags are being displayed both legally and illegally as part of an unofficial national campaign, but it seems the practice has now spread across the border to North Wales.
Highly charged
The craze of painting flags coincides with a highly charged political backdrop across the UK, with campaigns linked to illegal immigration and asylum hotels.
A spokeswoman for Conwy County Council pledged to remove the St George’s Cross.
“Unauthorised painting or graffiti to the road surface is illegal and will be removed,” she said.
“This vandalism costs public money to repair and will cause disruption to road users while we clean it up.”
A spokeswoman for North Wales Police said: “We are aware (of the graffiti) and enquiries are ongoing by local officers.”
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Ah, reform supporters at their finest.
I really hope they don’t choke on the crayons they munch on.
Racists. All you need to know.
Now the council will have to pay to get it re painted. Smart move chumps, you cost yourselves money.
It was probably English “visitors”.
Don’t underestimate Welsh reform supporters.
I don’t , believe me!
Painting the flag of the patron saint of Palestine is, surely, terrorism?
The Palestine Action logo is red and white which presumably derives from the colours of the patron saint’s flag, so the flag itself may indeed be proscribed by this association.
Now that’s taking the proverbial. If English people want to deface their roundabouts with a Saint George Crosses, well that’s their prerogative. But please don’t force your opinion on Wales as it won’t end well believe me.
Nigel’s speech today in front of a comically large imperial flag was revealing because the closeup shot “accidentally” set Dear Leader against the red and white portion, cleverly revealing them to be an English party masquerading as a UK party.
What a shock that Reform supporters have a very hazy grasp of geography. After all they have a hazy grasp on the truth and reality, so why not geography?
We don’t want this racist xenophobic filth in Cymru.
Absolutely, couldn’t agree more.
It’s very poorly drawn.
I give a 3/10. But with some blue around the red edges of cross, it would making a cracking Faroe Islands flag, given the point of intersection is off centre
I have no issue whatsoever with English people being patriotic to England — in fact, English national identity should be encouraged and mainstreamed unlike the outdated British identity. What I don’t appreciate is the hypocrisy of Reform UK and the far-right: who claim to defend the culture and identity of their country, yet are perfectly happy to erode the identity of Wales and absorb it into England.
As St George was a Palestinian from what is now Turkey, shouldn’t we add suitable artwork to the very simplistic First Aid sign.
When Cymru gains her independence I hope that we’ll detain and deport these incomer vandals.
Saw a video of the Britnat racist filth outside the hotel in Rhoose. One clown with a Welsh accent draped in the Butchers apron the traitor. Luckily there were so few of them it was a spectacular, cringeworthy failure
Could i pose a question here after reading the comments. Im part Welsh part English. Family have lived all my life in Wales. I joined the Military into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who’s Colours include the Flag of St George. So to each and every Fusilier , English , Welsh , Scottish, Irish even lads from St Helena All have a strong bond with the Flag of St George and always will. So does that mean We are all Racists ? Are we instantly Racist Right Wing Thugs ? . We always were ordered ( not that we needed… Read more »
Then start a campaign to regain your flag from the racists. Instead of allowing them to use it. Then others won’t associate it with bigoted small minded people that use it today.
I would hope that like me “you were a servant but never civil” and have since matured and learned which side your bread is buttered on.
But you do make a valid point which I have thought on for a while.
When Cymru, Alba, NI all complete the move to independence we will all have to find an acceptable to all flag for those who have served and their families.
One that can be flown at anytime, and not a limited to ceremonial or curtesy foreign flag.
Perhaps it’s a campaign to celebrate the lovely island of Malta!!?? 🤔Unfortunately flags are being weaponised at the moment.
We should be able to fly our flags in celebration of our heritage and culture not to intimidate and spread hate.
Perhaps it’s not the flag that is the problem but the intention behind the display.
Although, personally, I would rather not see such a display in Cymru.
Unless it is for respectful reasons.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/england-flags-fascist-symbols-plastered-32356802
Unfortunately, Union Jacks and St George’s flags are simply being flown to intimidate minorities and make them feel unwelcome.
Fly the Red Dragon, The Four Lions of Glyndwr or the St David’s Cross. Welsh Flags! The so called Union Flag and St Georges Flag are foreign flags and have no place in Wales.
Only when committing hate crimes.
Thought so
https://hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/operation-raise-the-colours-organised-by-well-known-far-right-extremists/
Just looking at the image turns my stomach.
Llandudno – full of colonists and settlers.
Plenty of English migrants from Greater Manchester and from Merseyside settled along the north Welsh coast – as witnessed by Janet Finch-Saunders’s accent!
The irony of people complaining that their culture and national identity is being eroded, while attempting to do the same to someone else!
Not really, read the hope not hate link above. Olympics brought out the flag, it was great, everyone was in on it. Everyone will be watching the Cenotaph with reverence with flags. Everyone will be celebrating and England cricket or Rugby win or the women’s football wining and flying the flag. That is not a problem. This recent ambush by the far right is to sow hate and division using the same flags. There is no other reasoning for it. At any other time when it is right I will fly my UK or Welsh flag. I will never do… Read more »
Must take issue there
“I only support two teams Scotland, and anyone who plays england”
Opps maybe a wee bit bias there maybe we’ll include the real World Cup Winners, West Auckland who won it and successfully defended it. Yes they won it twice before the FA got involved.
Eh? England cricket win(or lose), they play many internationals a season, the English and union flags will be out. England win at rugby, same thing with the flags, womens England football win things, same with the flags. Mens England I left out….
Thing is, those England flags, in those settings, fly them with pride. As I will a Welsh flag or Union as I did in the Olympics. But never to sow division.
There’s a big difference between sporting rivalry and inciting hatred. Have you ever known an England fan to cheer for Germany? Rivalry and banter are one thing; using flags to deliberately attack another nation’s identity is something else entirely.
That’s someone who’s definitely still angry that Tony Hart wouldn’t put his picture on the gallery wall!
5 quid says the artist is an incel.
Have anyone ever seen someone negotiating a mini roundabout correctly? It’s either on the wrong side when they’re turning right or, more appropriately in this case, straight over it if they’re going straight on. St George won’t be happy.
If English flags keep being imposed on Cymru then Plaid could easily capitalise on this. When people feel their national identity is under threat, it often sparks a ‘rally-round-the-flag’ effect. We saw this in Canada, where the deeply unpopular Liberals rebounded after Trump’s ‘51st state’ remarks triggered a surge of patriotic unity.
These immigrants are getting out of hand…oh wait it’s the type of immigration that right wingers say we should be thankful for, as they degenerate our Welsh culture.
Needless to say England can do what it wants with its flags, and immigration is up for debate – but ironic that the English immigrants use that message here as they replace the local population with their little England views.
Welsh Nationalism is not nearly as radical as the majority anglophile liberals/nationalists make it out to be.
Yet whenever someone tries to start a debate about mass uncontrolled immigration from England into Cymru they are told to shut up.
Of course unlike the view of the far right who hate everyone who isn’t White British, not all English Incomers who choose to live in Cymru are bad people.There are many who are just as passionate about Cymru than very many Welsh people.
However these good people are given a bad name by the Colonizers who show nothing but contempt for the Nation of Cymru its Identity, History and of course Europes Oldest Language.
Maybe it’s unavoidable and all former empires need a few years of fascism to reconnect with reality after years of profiting from exploitation delusionally disguised as greatness.
True, but you could equally argue that we need another war to reset the post-colonial English mentality ( I mean that if the English lost a war and suffered humiliation, they would be forced to grow up, as the Germans largely did after WW 2, and the Spanish did after the death of Franco). I would rather not put that thesis to the test though.
Germany lost a war and suffered humiliation in 1918, which is what led to WW2 so it probably needs neighbours turning on neighbours to lead to “what have we become” moment, rather than simply an externally inflicted loss.
When I was in college over 20 years ago, somebody used to draw in pen a Swastika on the wall of the lift. I would never dream of engaging in such vandalism but for the greater good and that of my fellow students, I squared it off so that it looked like the square window off ‘Play School’ nullifying its’ meaning. A quick touch up of even one more line on this roundabout would achieve the same.