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Artist says woke bosses ordered him to remove St George’s flag from jigsaw puzzle
The 1,000-piece I Love Spring puzzle depicted a village scene
A JIGSAW artist says a woke retailer ordered him to remove a St George’s flag from one of his puzzles.
Mike Jupp, 77, was told to ditch it as part of a diversity and inclusion drive by Gibsons Games.
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The 1,000-piece I Love Spring puzzle depicted a village scene.
Mike was also told to remove a busty woman in a bath, a bull drooling over a cow in lingerie and a group of Morris dancers — after Gibsons mistook them for Northern Ireland’s .
Mike, of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, made the changes — but has now stopped working with Gibsons.
He said: “Telling a cartoonist how to depict humour is as disrespectful as it is infuriating.
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"This is a reflection of a tiny minority of society that has a problem.”
The firm’s MD Kate Gibson said: “We always endeavour to act in line with our values.
“We wish Mike all the best for his future endeavours.”
“If you take the feathers off a chicken you end up with a tukey - and it’s foul.
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“This is a reflection of a tiny, tiny, minority of society that has a problem.
“The jigsaw was selling very, very well.”
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