Nigel Farage rages at major change to new England football kit: 'Absolute joke!'

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The politician-turned-broadcaster seethed at the re-imagined St George's Cross on the shirt.

By Katie Harris, Political Reporter

20:29, Wed, Mar 20, 2024 | UPDATED: 20:44, Wed, Mar 20, 2024

Farage unhappy with new England football kit

Furious Nigel Farage hit out at a change to the St George's Cross on new England football kits.

The kits for the Three Lions unveiled by Nike ahead of the Euros feature a cross on the collar of the shirt with a blue and purple horizontal stripe rather than the traditional white and red symbol.

Speaking on his GB News show, Mr Farage branded it an "absolute joke".

He said: "Well ok that's fine, that looks ok, until we go and have a look at the St George's Cross, or at least their interpretation.

"That's it, it's a multicoloured cross, it bears no relationship to the St George's Cross whatsoever.

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"If the England football team think that's acceptable well why on earth would you be apologetic about Englishness if you're going to play for England in the European football finals. I think it's an absolute joke."

Nike described the change to the St George's Cross as a "playful update... to unite and inspire".

The sports company said the 2024 kits "celebrate football heroes of the past with a modern twist".

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But the updated St George's Cross sparked outrage from users on social media platform X.

Meanwhile, Reform UK MP Lee Anderson branded it “virtue-signalling, namby-pamby, pearl-clutching woke nonsense".

And Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith added that the design “looks nothing like our flag”.

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