McGrath of Harlow, regarding 'proving' discrimination, in the 'other' thread I pointed out that I'd seen signs refusing entry/serving skinheads and 'crusties' in the past. These are/were pretty easy people to spot as they're both fairly distinctive and iconic subcultures.

I'm still struggling to understand how bar staff would actually spot a Traveller from anyone else waiting to be served. Unless they literally parked a caravan of some description outside, I'd have thought, in 2012, it was impossible to pick out a Traveller from anyone else. In somewhere like Manchester, even singling out someone with an Irish accent or Irish name would be pointless as there's so many people with Irish heritage around here.

What's even more baffling is that I'd have thought Jim was actually pleased that evidence of the existence of these signs in 2012 is so scarce. Yet he seems to be outraged at anything anyone says and chooses to interpret this as racism/wilful ignorance/stupidity.