Tory councillor may face action over pub cross

WILTSHIRE Council might take enforcement action against a long-serving councillor, who has painted a St George cross on a listed building without planning permission.

- PETER DAVISON

Jerry Kunkler, landlord of the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, painted the red cross on the exterior of his white pub in 2022.

But this week he received a notification from Wiltshire Council that it was investigating a breach of planning legislation.

"I put the cross up in 2022 for the World Cup in the Middle East," Cllr Kunkler said, "and nothing's been said about it until now."

"This is a sports bar, and I support everything England," he said.

"I'm leaving it up for the Six Nations and the World Cup."

Responding to a complaint from an anonymous local, who said the pub looked like "the headquarters of the National Front", he said: "This is all about the controversy around the flags. This has nothing to do with Operation Raise the Flag."