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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.

Illustration of a busy spring scene with many people and animals.
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An artist says woke bosses ordered him to remove the St George’s flag from his I Love Spring puzzle
Illustration of a chaotic scene with a woman in a bathtub, food falling from the ceiling, a pigeon, and a man reaching up.
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A startled young woman in a bath is out
Illustration of cows, sheep, a bull, and rabbits in a garden.
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A ‘saucy’ cow winking at a bull is out
Illustration of a St. George's flag on a flagpole.
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The St George’s flag on a church has been removed
Illustration of a chaotic street scene with morris dancers, a caravan accident, and various other comical characters.
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Morris dancers on the street are also out

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.

“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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