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One ‘patriot’ painted their St George’s Cross spectacularly wrong, inverting the colours, leaving their decorative roundabout with a more Scandinavian feel.

In the excitement of national pride that has reached fever pitch in recent days, one Englishman accidentally pledged their allegiance to Denmark.

Drivers near the Newton Farm roundabout in Hereford may have been a bit confused while passing the Danish flag.

The bungling mistake came after two different men wearing St George’s masks were captured on camera painting England flags on roundabouts and zebra crossings across Walsall, West Midlands, clutching pots of paint and paint rollers over the weekend...

...The ‘patriots’ were met with mainly positive comments, but some people blasted their actions and branded them ‘idiots’ and ‘vandals’.

One shared the video of the wrongly painted flag and added ‘The Vikings are coming!’ with a clown emoji...

https://metro.co.uk/2025/08/26/patriots-mistakenly-paint-danish-flag-english-roundabout-24004892/