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Reform UK Calls for Ukrainian Flag Removal from Welsh Senedd

5/23/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Reform UK is urging removal of foreign flags from buildings, following Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader’s pledge to ban them.
Dan Thomas, Reform UK leader, demanded that the Ukrainian flag at Wales’s Senedd be taken down.
Finance spokesman Cai Parry-Jones called the flag virtue-signalling and suggested a Cardiff County flag.
Senedd leader Darren Millar criticised the request, saying the flag symbolizes opposition to Russia’s invasion.

History

Historical Context

In 1991 the Soviet Union dissolved, and on 25 December Gorbachev resigned, prompting the removal of the Soviet flag from government sites across its 15 republics, including the Baltic states that quickly raised their national standards. Reform UK’s call to strip the Ukrainian flag from Wales’s Senedd echoes that post-Cold-War pattern, where nationalist parties invoke sovereignty over foreign symbols to shape domestic identity politics.

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Story summary

Reform UK is urging removal of foreign flags from buildings, following Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader’s pledge to ban them.
Dan Thomas, Reform UK leader, demanded that the Ukrainian flag at Wales’s Senedd be taken down.
Finance spokesman Cai Parry-Jones called the flag virtue-signalling and suggested a Cardiff County flag.
Senedd leader Darren Millar criticised the request, saying the flag symbolizes opposition to Russia’s invasion.

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