>Vladimir Putin has been barred from a pub in Burton-on-Trent. Sam Rice, landlady of the Loaf and Cheese in the Staffordshire town, took the decision after her regular punters, upset with the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine, threatened to “wreck” him if he ever stepped into the hostelry.
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>It is the latest in a long line of sanctions that have been imposed on Putin with Mastercard and Visa having stopped the use of their credit cards in shops and at ATMs in Russia.
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>The country has also been kicked out of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, while the national football team will not be permitted to play at the World Cup finals in November and the Formula 1 grand prix, originally scheduled for Sochi in September, has been cancelled.
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>On her decision to bar Putin, Ms Rice told StaffordshireLive : “It is absolutely wrong what he is doing and it is all my customers are talking about at the moment. They said if he came in they would wreck him.”
Using a conflict killing civilians to try to publicise your business…
Gross.
Petty things like this always amuse me. Completely meaningless in the scheme of things, but somewhat amusing.
The chances of Putin visiting any British pub are very very slim.
Maybe I’m being too cynical but it doesn’t seem like very good taste to leverage a war, where Ukrainian people are suffering, as a marketing strategy for your pub.
The pub owner even submitted it as an announcement to the local paper. It just feels like a completely tone deaf advertisement.
First the judo black belt revocation, now this. I reckon ol’ Blyatimir is one Dennis the Menace Fanclub membership-cancellation away from turning the tanks around.
Wasn’t there similar case the other day where a bloke called Bercow was informed he wouldn’t get a pass he wasn’t bothered about having in the first place…
“Hmm I wonder what will get me and my business coverage in the news.”
This is a meaningless gesture unless they ban Russian oligarchs from the pub as well.
Better to ban his little puppets like Farage. Maybe Salmond too. Y’know, people actually in the UK.
Stick Waxy-Lentil on the list ‘n aw.
Is this like
“You could have the Lionel Blair cut, like mine”
“But, Lionel Blair doesn’t have his hair cut like yours”
“Does if he comes here”
It’s right out of an Alf Garnett episode. I bet you can get a voddy and coke though.
I expect it will be on the news followed by farmers ripping up cabbages and people destroying vodka in supermarkets.
It’s slightly distasteful but I am glad that people care.
I bet he is planning a ceasefire as we speak over this.
He can come to my house for a beer. There might be some polonium in it though
She’s got the right idea…in fact, now that I think about it, I’d better make it known that he’s not allowed at my birthday party later on in the year either. Would be a bit awkward if he just turned up…
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>Vladimir Putin has been barred from a pub in Burton-on-Trent. Sam Rice, landlady of the Loaf and Cheese in the Staffordshire town, took the decision after her regular punters, upset with the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine, threatened to “wreck” him if he ever stepped into the hostelry.
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>It is the latest in a long line of sanctions that have been imposed on Putin with Mastercard and Visa having stopped the use of their credit cards in shops and at ATMs in Russia.
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>The country has also been kicked out of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, while the national football team will not be permitted to play at the World Cup finals in November and the Formula 1 grand prix, originally scheduled for Sochi in September, has been cancelled.
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>On her decision to bar Putin, Ms Rice told StaffordshireLive : “It is absolutely wrong what he is doing and it is all my customers are talking about at the moment. They said if he came in they would wreck him.”
Using a conflict killing civilians to try to publicise your business…
Gross.
Petty things like this always amuse me. Completely meaningless in the scheme of things, but somewhat amusing.
The chances of Putin visiting any British pub are very very slim.
Maybe I’m being too cynical but it doesn’t seem like very good taste to leverage a war, where Ukrainian people are suffering, as a marketing strategy for your pub.
The pub owner even submitted it as an announcement to the local paper. It just feels like a completely tone deaf advertisement.
First the judo black belt revocation, now this. I reckon ol’ Blyatimir is one Dennis the Menace Fanclub membership-cancellation away from turning the tanks around.
Wasn’t there similar case the other day where a bloke called Bercow was informed he wouldn’t get a pass he wasn’t bothered about having in the first place…
But then we do live in [the land of the pointless gesture](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/russia-sanctions-uk-jacob-rees-mogg-b2030024.html).
“Hmm I wonder what will get me and my business coverage in the news.”
This is a meaningless gesture unless they ban Russian oligarchs from the pub as well.
Better to ban his little puppets like Farage. Maybe Salmond too. Y’know, people actually in the UK.
Stick Waxy-Lentil on the list ‘n aw.
Is this like
“You could have the Lionel Blair cut, like mine”
“But, Lionel Blair doesn’t have his hair cut like yours”
“Does if he comes here”
It’s right out of an Alf Garnett episode. I bet you can get a voddy and coke though.
I expect it will be on the news followed by farmers ripping up cabbages and people destroying vodka in supermarkets.
It’s slightly distasteful but I am glad that people care.
I bet he is planning a ceasefire as we speak over this.
He can come to my house for a beer. There might be some polonium in it though
She’s got the right idea…in fact, now that I think about it, I’d better make it known that he’s not allowed at my birthday party later on in the year either. Would be a bit awkward if he just turned up…