Tommy Robinson asked to leave a restaurant because staff felt uncomfortable serving him…

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… AIBU to enjoy this?!

If you spout objectionable views, don’t be surprised if people object to you!

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tommy-robinson-kicked-out-hawksmoor-london-b1231594.html

Did you understand it? Or read the final edited version?

I haven't changed anything. I'm not the person who posted it.

Good of you to provide a beard service for racists!

Well quite. And it’s not just “his beliefs” as some are saying l, or “freedom of speech”. He’s committed criminal offences as a result od his so called beliefs, he’s just come out of prison for them - where was quite rightly sent.

There’s no equivalence at all.

But only people of a particular religion wear a burka. So if the burka was the only reason you were refusing service that would be denying service based on a protected characteristic.

If you had a universal policy refusing service to people with face coverings, you might need to prove it wasn't indirectly discriminatory. Just like denying service to people who refused to show their hair.

For the millionth time on this thread, being a white nationalist isn't a protected characteristic.

So you aren’t. The point still stands in a general sense though.

1. Who is the chap on the left?
2. What has your colour to do with the price of fish?

Did the manager say he wasn't serving Robinson because he was a white nationalist?

Absolutely. It's not like he's brought anything to the attention of the public that was not already widely reported on.

He is a shameless, dishonest and criminal self-promoter, exploiting the abuse of children for his own personal and financial benefit (and, as noted, he jeopardized a trial when doing so).

His racially-motivated defamation of a 15 year old was also disgusting, and not exactly consistent with someone who has any genuine interest in the safety of children.

How anyone (apart from similar lowlifes and the very gulliable) can support him is beyond me.

She/he is playing "pick me" by championing racists.

Which one? The one he isn't supposed to show because it continues his agenda?

Nope. From the transcript/recording it seems that no reason was actually given beyond staff safety/comfort.

Hence the Asian man disingenuously asking whether he was being asked to leave due to the colour of his skin.

No.

you can legitimately refuse to serve someone as long as it’s not based on them having a protected characteristic.

So you can’t refuse because they are homosexual, trans, black, Muslim etc

But you can refuse if you have a legitimate reason to believe the person may become violent. I think there’s enough evidence with TR to argue that one 👀😂

The one that features the story of the Syrian refugee boy allegedly bullied at school. Yes, the one he isn't supposed to show, but it's available to view in full on X. Or at least it was. I'm not sure if it's been forcibly withdrawn?

Have you watched it? All of it?

I'm assuming that staff concerns stemmed from his well-publicized beliefs and tactics of spreading them. But hey, I could be wrong.

What protected characteristic would you suggest might be behind the refusal of service here?

I have no time for Yaxley-Lennon or his views, but as long as he & his friends are peacefully & normally eating in a restaurant, they should be allowed to do so. If I were a restaurant owner, I would welcome them in the same way I would any other customer. If I were a staff member I would have no problem serving them and if I were a fellow customer I would have no problem sharing the space with them.

Technically yes. However that's not why they refused service.

You can't legally refuse service based solely on a protected characteristic(s). Not wanting to deal with a known racist, with a history of violence and intimidation, for the safety of your staff/business is a perfectly reasonable reason to refuse service.

And I'll ask you the same question. Have you actually watched the documentary? All of it?

I've seen some of Silenced. It seems to be about persecuting a vulnerable child while dressed up as a search for truth.

Exactly, yet according to many posters, they know the specific reason for chucking him out. As for Mr Singh, I thought he asked a perfectly legitimate question, as I mentioned earlier in the thread.

You silly, Unbearable brainwashed person.

Really? I’d leave if I entered a restaurant and he was there. Not interested in being in the same room as him. I wouldn’t want to be ‘serving’ him either. And if I were a business owner I’d worry that people seeing him there might think I agreed with his views.

Who, and about what?

Do you remember the Northern Irish bakery that was fined for refusing to bake a cake celebrating gay marriage because of the owner's religious beliefs? They were told by the court that the law states if you are offering a public service you cannot discriminate.

Hope the restaurant loses customers over this pathetic stance.

Have you got a link for that government data, please?

I'd like to take a look at it.