Corbyn activist orchestrates plot to wave EU flags at Proms

SUPPORTERS of Jeremy Corbyn including an ex-BBC employee are behind plans to hijack the Last Night of the Proms with European Union flags, it emerged yesterday.

About 0 anti-Brexit campaigners have raised £1,175 to buy 5,000 blue EU flags to be handed out before the annual event at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow.

It has sparked a backlash from Proms supporters who have accused the campaigners of using the event as a political football. They have urged the BBC to prevent the protest taking place.

Visual effects supervisor Sean Danischevsky, 43, pictured, who worked for the BBC from 1999-2000, has been promoting the protest online.

Last night, he refused to comment on his involvement despite having earlier thanked supporters for publicising the campaign on Facebook.

The controversy comes after Sir Nicholas Kenyon, director of the BBC Proms from 199 -2007, warned earlier this week in a newspaper article that the event could be ‘hijacked’ by Little Englanders celebrating Brexit. He was labelled ‘unpatriotic’ and ‘a Brexit denier’ for his comments.

Ardent backers of Labour leader Mr Corbyn are among those who have orchestrated the flag protest plans via the Crowdfunder site.

A description of the campaign on Crowdfunder said: ‘Concert-goers waving EU flags along with the Union Jack would send a message to the world about how much music-lovers value the EU.’

Tory MP Bill Cash said: ‘The BBC has overall responsibility for the Proms. It should not in any way be contaminated by this kind of Euro frenzy.’

The BBC said concert-goers would not be stopped from bringing in EU flags but did not want to see the Proms used for a political statement.