A WOMAN who was sporting a Union Jack costume when she was refused entry to a Wetherspoon’s pub has stated she’ll by no means return.
Carrying her patriotic costume, Tanya Ostolski, 54, was instructed “you’re not coming in” regardless of being a daily for almost 30 years.
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Tanya was making an attempt to go to The Image Home in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, when she was barred entry.
The occasions adopted an anti-illegal immigration protest that came about 50 metres away from the pub in Nottingham city centre on Friday July 25, which Tanya attended.
After marching within the protest, Tanya made her approach to the native Wetherspoons however was denied entry resulting from her costume, regardless of placing away the flag she was carrying, she says.
The choice prompted anger amongst some protesters who clashed with bouncers on Friday night as they have been additionally denied entry, they stated.
A spokesperson for Wetherspoons has confirmed the pub requested clients with flags and placards to not enter in order to not “enhance stress”.
Tanya stated: “I’m disgusted, I gained’t be going again there.
“I am going in there on a regular basis and I wasn’t inflicting any bother.
“The entire day was a peaceable protest, I’m a grandma and I’ve by no means prompted any trouble.
“I simply can’t imagine this was throughout a flag – it was actually upsetting, I didn’t do something fallacious.”
In accordance with Tanya, she was first refused entry as a result of she was carrying a St George’s cross flag however after placing it away she was nonetheless not allowed in.
She claims witnesses defended her on the time, calling the bouncers’ actions “unfair” as she wasn’t “inflicting any bother”.
Tanya added that she had the flag tied round her waist and was requested to place the flag away and that she couldn’t are available in.
“However I had flags throughout my costume after which I used to be instructed I can’t are available in in any respect – I used to be actually confused, it’s only a flag,” Tanya stated.
“I requested for a legitimate motive they usually simply saved saying you’re not coming in.
“I’m not aggressive and didn’t need to trigger bother, so I simply walked away.
“I’ve heard I gained’t be welcome again or I is perhaps barred.”
The protest was sparked after Reform MP Lee Anderson made an unfounded declare {that a} native man charged with rape was an asylum seeker.
Anderson made the claims on X, regardless of being suggested towards it by Nottinghamshire Police because it may intrude with the justice proceedings.
The declare regards a person who was arrested after reportedly raping a girl at Sutton Garden.
An estimated 300 individuals attended the sooner protest, with round a dozen counter protesters from Stand Up To Racism additionally current.
Protests started at round 4.30pm and had ended by round 7pm.
Anger was directed in direction of Sir Keir Starmer, with individuals chanting “cease the boats”.
At one level within the night, police guarded the doorway to the Wetherspoon pub after protesters like Tanya complained about being turned away.
JD Wetherspoons has a “no flag” coverage which was prohibits the pubs from hanging the England flag.
The transfer prompted backlash from pubgoers in the course of the 2018 soccer World Cup.
However in the course of the males’s Euro 2024, the favored chain overturned it’s coverage and allowed the pubs to hold the England flag in the course of the summer season match.
Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon commented in response to the incident in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
He stated: “Pub managers have an obligation below the licensing legal guidelines, and as a matter of frequent sense, to guage each scenario on its explicit circumstances.
“On this case, the pub supervisor felt that it was vital to not enhance tensions.
“Due to this fact, on this event the supervisor requested clients to not enter with flags or any placards.”
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