A Union Jack flag and a Ukraine flag fly in front of the Houses of Parliament

A new Reform UK council leader has called the Ukraine war a “distraction”.

Linden Kemkaran, named leader of Kent County Council a week after Reform UK’s sweeping victories in the local elections, appeared to downplay the impact of the largest conflict in Europe since World War 2.

Speaking after she was named as council leader on Thursday evening, she promised to remove the Ukrainian flag from the chamber.

It came after Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf’s claim that only the St George’s and union jack flags would be flow flown by the English councils........

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