[Crimson Dynamo]

Pub landlord 'told by council officers to remove Union Jack jacket because it might offend people'

• Jason Mawer has been warned twice to remove his one-off jacket
• Mawer runs a pub near the centre of Barnsley, South Yorkshire
• The unique Mod-style jacket was made for a Who convention in London

Pub landlord Jason Mawer has twice been asked in public to remove his treasured Union Jack jacket - for risk of it being 'offensive'.

He was told to take off his valuable Mod-style Barbour jacket - designed in honour of legendary rock band The Who - by officials who appeared to be council enforcement officers.

On the second occasion the female official warned him: 'Would you mind removing your coat it might offend somebody.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz403xRKcC0


What is happening to England?

[Lostie!]

What an absolute mess.

[Northern Monkey]

How the **** could his jacket offend somebody?WTH?It's nothing to do with the council what he wears.This literally is PC gone mad.

[smudgie]

Let us be honest here, it is the council officials who cause the offence.
All these ruddy council cuts and this is what they waste their time on

[billy123]

He shouldnt be wearing it in the pub anyway he wont feel the benefit when he goes outside again.

[smudgie]

Originally Posted by bobnot

He shouldnt be wearing it in the pub anyway he will never feel the benifit when he goes outside again.

Very True Bob, plus he might spill beer on it.

[arista]

Its a Jacket Bob


Not Everyone is Political

[Alf]

This is liberty?

[Denver]

He needs to tell them to **** off

[Jack_]

Daily Mail in clickbait for the 'PC gone mad' brigade shocker

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Daily Mail in clickbait for the 'PC gone mad' brigade shocker

Or to translate your post into English

"Shut your mouth and know your place you White Western scum".

[user104658]

"I aint racist! I just don't like the smell of them sand-******s or Scotchmen!" said Robbie Racist, masturbating furiously into a St. George's Cross flag.

... ... ... My real opinion is, this is obviously over the top if there's genuinely no statement being made alongside him wearing the jacket. It's just a jacket. On the other hand, the above faux-quote is based on reality. In the small English town I used to live in, there was a pub that was absolutely covered in England flags and various "patriotic" wall coverings and it was made abundantly clear that non-English people (including Scottish people) were not at all welcome.

[Lee.]

He should have been arrested for crimes against fashion tbh.. It's a terrible jacket

Joking aside though, I do think that the Union Flag's symbolism had been sullied somewhat ever since the likes of the EDL and Britain First have adopted it as their own.. To some, it being synonymous with these groups may look on it as being likely to cause trouble? I don't really know, just an idea.

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by wannashag

Or to translate your post into English

"Shut your mouth and know your place you White Western scum".

If you say so mate

Originally Posted by Lee.

He should have been arrested for crimes against fashion tbh.. It's a terrible jacket

Joking aside though, I do think that the Union Flag's symbolism had been sullied somewhat ever since the likes of the EDL and Britain First have adopted it as their own.. To some, it being synonymous with these groups may look on it as being likely to cause trouble? I don't really know, just an idea.

There's some truth to this. It's a real shame, because of course in reality such a request is absurd, but the Union flag has become synonymous with far-right, racist organisations and have thus in turn hijacked something which should be completely innocuous. That doesn't excuse the idiocy of things like this, but there's a reason they happen.

Unfortunately, all it turns into is clickbait and reactionary nonsense for the 'IT'S PC GONE MAD!!!!! THESE MUSLIM SCUM WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!' types to jump on in such ironic fashion.

[Northern Monkey]

It does'nt matter if anyone THINKS it's racist.It's not.No Swastikas or racial wording.Just our Great British Union Jack.If you can't wear a Union Jack in Britain then where the **** can you wear one?Does any other country ban there own flag?People can think what they want about it.It's just a flag on a jacket.The council has no business telling anyone what jacket to wear.
Burkas might offend people but they're not banned.

[jennyjuniper]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

It does'nt matter if anyone THINKS it's racist.It's not.No Swastikas or racial wording.Just our Great British Union Jack.If you can't wear a Union Jack in Britain then where the **** can you wear one?Does any other country ban there own flag?People can think what they want about it.It's just a flag on a jacket.The council has no business telling anyone what jacket to wear.
Burkas might offend people but they're not banned.

I agree. Burkas offend me, but if I went to the council and told them that they would probably tell me to get lost. It's only Britains in Britain who get penalised for being proud to be British.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by jennyjuniper

I agree. Burkas offend me, but if I went to the council and told them that they would probably tell me to get lost. It's only Britains in Britain who get penalised for being proud to be British.

Exactly.It is ridiculous.Britain is way too soft.Soft on everyone except it's own people.Imigrants are treated better than British people.

[Ammi]

...hmmm, it's a difficult one isn't it...I think someone has said earlier in the thread, with The Union Jack, it's the 'attachment' to negativity/racism with things like the BNP party/UKIP etc so something good and positive and to be proud of has been 'tainted' into being perceived by some as a negative and so we have the 'PC', when there should be nothing PC about a country's flag...(although I am sceptical about this story atm...)...and there again with Burkas, I think there has become a similar negative attachment for some with ISIS/extreme terrorism...and I don't personally think that's 'being soft on in Britian' atm because burkas are being banned in some places, which 'back in the day', the thought of banning them wouldn't have been something considered/but the more recent times, 'negative attachment'....


...anyways, banning wouldn't be the answer to me with the Union Jack...if something has been tainted into a negative association, it would be more 'reclaiming' as it were of it into something more positive and there are many, many positives...

[Tom4784]

I doubt this actually happened, there's no statement from the council and he's a business owner which makes me think this is just a publicity stunt.

Pretty much all stories like this are made up in order to bait the gullible into getting angry over nothing.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Unfortunately, all it turns into is clickbait and reactionary nonsense for the 'IT'S PC GONE MAD!!!!! THESE MUSLIM SCUM WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!' types to jump on in such ironic fashion.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

I doubt this actually happened, there's no statement from the council and he's a business owner which makes me think this is just a publicity stunt.

Pretty much all stories like this are made up in order to bait the gullible into getting angry over nothing.

And yes, I agree with these statements!

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Pretty much all stories like this are made up in order to bait the gullible into getting angry over nothing.

But I suppose that theory is changed when it comes to subjects like UKIP is it?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by wannashag

But I suppose that theory is changed when it comes to subjects like UKIP is it?

There's proof to support the fact that a large part of UKIP are bigoted, look at the scandals that have followed them for years, scandals fueled by EVIDENCE.

All we have to go off on this article is one man's unconfirmed story with no response from the other party. It's piss poor journalism that's meant to bait people like yourself into getting angry and thinking that your casual bigotry is justified.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

There's proof to support the fact that a large part of UKIP are bigoted, look at the scandals that have followed them for years, scandals fueled by EVIDENCE.

All we have to go off on this article is one man's unconfirmed story with no response from the other party. It's piss poor journalism that's meant to bait people like yourself into getting angry and thinking that your casual bigotry is justified.

do you mean people who have been thrown out the party

pray tell what part of their policy is bigoted?


*waits and gets the kettle on*

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

There's proof to support the fact that a large part of UKIP are bigoted, look at the scandals that have followed them for years, scandals fueled by EVIDENCE.

All we have to go off on this article is one man's unconfirmed story with no response from the other party. It's piss poor journalism that's meant to bait people like yourself into getting angry and thinking that your casual bigotry is justified.

How happy did that make you feel to call me a bigot?

Did that satisfy your soul?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by wannashag

How happy did that make you feel to call me a bigot?

Did that satisfy your soul?

Does it satisfy your soul to call people cowards who don't see brown skin and use it as an excuse to hate on a whole religion?

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