Let’s be quite clear - Banksy probably knew this would happen, that it would gain even more attention to the matter, and that it would cause this same image to spawn copycats all over Britain and the world.

Get to work.

I hope nobody crops the image out of the many photographs, then gets it printed large on thousands of posters, then accidentally fly-posts it on every surface in the area.

(To clarify, I do in fact hope someone does this)

I am calling it now. That Schmuck is Banksy and the removal is part 2 of the performative art piece.

Coward covering their face. They know what they're doing is shameful and wish to hide.

Meanwhile knuckle-draggers putting up Union Jacks like copying the king is subversive.

Probably means he's doing something right, then.