A landlord is set to lose his appeal to keep the giant St George’s Cross he painted on his pub following complaints that it resembles “the headquarters of the National Front”. Jerry Kunkler, owner of the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, first painted his white pub with the red cross in 2016. He repainted it in 2022 for the World Cup in Qatar. Then, in 2025, someone staying at a local Airbnb reported it to the council. The 19th-century pub is Grade II listed, and so Kunkler had to apply for planning permission to keep the flag up. The planning application received several complaints, with people saying it was “racist” and “anti-migrant”. He was notified by Wiltshire Council that they were investigating a potential breach of planning legislation, and now planners have recommended that the council reject the application and that the paint be removed. Council planning officer Pippa Card said the St George’s Cross had a “presumed association with other organisations” and that it “lowered the tone of the area”. But she said she …