{"id":379788,"date":"2025-08-28T07:53:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/379788\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:53:17","slug":"pubgoers-wearing-england-flags-turned-away-from-boozer-despite-manager-saying-they-would-serve-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/379788\/","title":{"rendered":"Pubgoers wearing England flags turned away from boozer despite manager saying they would &#8216;serve everyone&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pubgoers draped in England flags were refused entry to a Birmingham pub which said it did not want to be involved in protests.<\/p>\n<p>The group posted footage on social media of the confrontation with staff at the entrance to the Manor Farm pub in Castle Bromwich.<\/p>\n<p>She added that she would be glad to serve the group if they removed them, saying the pub was &#8220;not involving themselves in any protest&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The manager eventually requested the would-be customers leave as they were causing an &#8220;issue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As the man behind the camera was guided away from the entrance to the boozer, he fired a flurry of insults towards the manager, saying she was a &#8220;lefty scumbag&#8221; and branding her &#8220;vile&#8221; and &#8220;disgusting&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>A number of negative reviews have now been left on the pub&#8217;s website, with one person giving it one-star and writing: &#8220;They ban people from entering with England flags! Disgraceful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ed37f\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"79aeda240c18990e048a08a5765a86a9\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202590%201258'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756367595_941_image.png\" width=\"2590\" height=\"1258\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The confrontation occurred at the entrance to Manor Farm in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GOOGLE<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8220;Non-English pub, you are not welcome if you show a bit of patriotism. No England flags &#8216;NOT ALLOWED&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manor Farm is located next to a Holiday Inn which is said to house asylum seekers, with flag-wearing protestors having gathered there over the Bank Holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A member of pub staff claimed the group were part of the demonstration outside the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That man was part of a 200-strong mob who had been protesting outside the hotel next door on Sunday against it housing asylum seekers&#8221;, the anonymous employee told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"73b36\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"05a460f97285f5f863b2bf5b0fca8ddf\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202246%201170'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756367597_954_image.png\" width=\"2246\" height=\"1170\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The pub manager was hit with a stream of insults after the group were calmly asked to leave <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>YOUTUBE\/DP AUDITS<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were very rowdy and bad tempered. Many of that group were already drunk and they wanted to come into the pub to get more drunk. That&#8217;s why we refused them entry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A pub source also told the newspaper that some migrants staying in the neighbouring hotel come in to eat and drink and &#8220;never cause any trouble&#8221;, adding they are &#8220;always welcome&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the pub&#8217;s parent company, Greene King, said: &#8220;The safety and security of our teams and customers is our utmost priority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our pubs are places for people to come together and socialise without the concern of being caught up in a protest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"d1705\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c4090d841d11155344f47bd83a5ab0c5\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%206000%204000'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756367597_787_image.jpg\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Flags have sprung up in towns and cities across the country including in Birmingham<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As such, we do not allow materials associated with political protests within our pubs and ask customers to remove them and put them away before entering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The England flag has become a common sighting in towns and cities across the country, including Birmingham, in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>An online movement called &#8220;Operation Raise the Colours&#8221; has seen residents attach Union Jack and St George&#8217;s flags to lampposts up and down hundreds of streets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/news\/birmingham-news-patriotic-england-st-george-roundabouts\" data-linked-post=\"2673899426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Some have even taken to painting the St George&#8217;s cross on mini-roundabouts <\/a>and pedestrian crossings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pubgoers draped in England flags were refused entry to a Birmingham pub which said it did not want&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[113921,855,748,393,4884,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-379788","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-across-the-uk","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115105313840312846","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}