Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

*sigh*

Any chance of a link? I wasn't aware councils could act as judge, jury and executioner and impose their own rules.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Do you have a link for that?

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

I notice how you've snipped out are the bit that says exactly what the OP says?

That being:

This is the very advice that people in this thread were claiming hadn't been given, and wouldn't be given. Yet here it is proved that the advice that started this rumour WAS GIVEN.

So what I said earlier in the thread is true, it's not a ban, but it's "advice" with a clear undertone which implies pubs that don't impose restrictions will be dealt with more harshly if any trouble arises than those that do.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Conjecture.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Yes they gave advice just as they give out advice on countless other things all the time. It doesn't mean they take the landlord into a darkened room and menacing tell them if they don't ban the wearing of England tops they'll send the boys round and smash up the place.

It's advice, nothing more, nothing less. The Police cannot enforce a ban on the wearing of football tops. End of story.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

no link, as i said it was in the local paper

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http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ne...orld-cup-dream

this is not solely about that this contradicts what the same paper (oldham chron) printed http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ne...orld-cup-dream (it was printed before it cam to light about the 74 year old woman)

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Hmmmm, I smell bovine excrement.

The councils cannot just make up laws as they go along. If they imposed a ban there would be no way to enforce it.

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And from that very link.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

like i said the printed article contradicted this it WAS printed before the 74 year old woman and her flag....

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

This whole 'persecuted for being English' stuff has never washed with me.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

You so funny.....:D

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Even taxis (who aren't allowed to display flags ordinarily) are allowed to display flags

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...d-cup-stars.do

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Snipped so that I wasn't copying & pasting an entire article. I pasted the bits relevant to the thread: namely, that the wearing of England shirts in pubs during the World Cup has not been banned.

I do not believe anyone denied that there had been "advice" or "guidance" given... the issue was the false claim that the police had actually "banned" the wearing of England shirts in pubs during the World Cup.

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

sadly geography has dictated you'll never know ;)

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Yep! You can breath again - move along - nothing to see here...

Re: Are Police to Ban the wearing of England Shirts in Pubs During the World cup ?
 

Well I've been more or less living in Leicester for the last 9 months and I see England (not British) flags everywhere. In the last few weeks (in the run-up to the World Cup) there's been a massive growth in the number of St George's flags about the place. I don't see anyone being stopped supporting England.