Banksy York Street EU Flag on a buildings side being chiseled away by a man on ladders
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Brexit Mural Banksy VR Dover England
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This banksy of a European Union flag appeared on the side of a building in Dover in May 2017.
The mural had become a landmark in Dover, the ferry port that connects the UK with France.
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The anonymous street artist posted a new image illustrating how he had intended to adapt the artwork on the day the UK finally left the EU.
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UK was undergoing a general election that could dictate their relationship with EU. On the other side of the Channel, only 80 km away, France was also deciding on its European future.
French Channel hoppers had often stopped to see the mural and take selfies with an original Banksy.
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But he says he now doesn't need to bother after the image was mysteriously white-washed last month.
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The computer-generated image, posted on Instagram today alongside a screen shot of KentOnline.co.uk story about the missing mural, shows the EU flag lying crumpled in a heap on the floor.
25th August 2019, a large scaffolding was placed over. 10th September, scaffolding was taken down, and mural was gone.
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It appeared alongside a message saying: "Oh. I had planned that on the day of Brexit I was going to change the piece in Dover to this. But is seems they've painted over it.
"Never mind. I guess a big white flag says it just as well."
The mural, previously valued at £1 million, disappeared from the wall of the former Castle Amusements building in Townwall Street it had adorned for the last two years.
It had greeted traffic travelling towards the Port of Dover and had become a popular tourist attraction.
