Overview
- UKIP filed applications on 9 January to change its logo in Great Britain and Northern Ireland to a black‑and‑white design labeled “UKIP: The New Right.”
- The proposed emblem shows a cross pattée before a spear and shield, with a central circle that critics say resembles a Celtic cross.
- Commentators and social media users compared the cross to the Iron Cross associated with German military history and far‑right groups.
- UKIP rejects the Nazi comparisons, saying the imagery represents the Cross Pattée, the Holy Lance and the Eucharist, and calls accusations offensive and Christophobic.
- The emblem has appeared on flags at party demonstrations but cannot be adopted officially unless approved by the Electoral Commission.