AN artist says woke bosses ordered him to remove the St George’s flag from one of his jigsaw puzzles.
Mike Jupp, 77, was told to lose it as part of a diversity and inclusion drive by Gibsons Games.
An artist says woke bosses ordered him to remove the St George’s flag from his I Love Spring puzzle
A startled young woman in a bath is out
A ‘saucy’ cow winking at a bull is out
The St George’s flag on a church has been removed
Morris dancers on the street are also out
The emblem, on the best-selling I Love Spring puzzle, has been replaced with a pride rainbow flag.
He was also asked to remove a young woman in a bath and to include “people of colour” and “same-sex couples”.
Mike, of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, made the changes — but then quit Gibsons Games in disgust.
He said: “Telling a cartoonist how to depict humour is as disrespectful as it is infuriating.
“It made no sense to me at all. It was their best seller so why fix it?
“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.”
MD Kate Gibson said: “We always endeavour to act in line with our values.
“We wish Mike all the best for his future endeavours.”
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