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Thread #161452   Message #3845628
Posted By: Jim Carroll
19-Mar-17 - 05:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Uk Labour Party discussion II
Subject: RE: BS: Uk Labour Party discussion II
More denials and attempts to open up new arguments Keith - just as I predicted
You said you never saw the signs - I say Pat and I worked with travellers for thirty years, we saw hundreds, I photographed dozens as part of a campaign run by a London solicitor who was voluntarily working on behalf of the Travellers, we included one in our CD notes, you were given articles about court cases involving them - presumably you still insist that they are rare and that I have lied which makes you the bigot you are
I don't suppose for one moment you will apologise for any of this -you are a bigot andf your behaviour proves beyind doubt that you have lied
Jim Carroll

This is a tiny sample of reports of these signs - plenty more to choose from and far too numerous to blue clickie
Since John Major repealed the Caravan and Camping act leaving Travellers with no right to stop other than the totally inadequate handful of official stopping places, and since the spitefulness of Dale Farm, things have not improved, if anything, they have deteriorated under governments that favour the wealthy rather than the needy - thanks to bigots like Keith

https://hospitalitylaw.co.uk/large-awards-for-travellers-refused-entry-to-pubs/

http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Operators/Other-operators/Pub-manager-sacked-for-no-travelers-sign


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086098/Ice-rink-accused-inciting-racial-hatred-putting-sign-banning-travellers.html

http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Blogs--Features/No-Travellers-No-More-say-lawyers-.aspx

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/jd-wetherspoon-to-pay-travellers-over-refused-service-in-london-1.2872396

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/114652/Racial-warning-for-jeweller-who-banned-gypsies-from-shop

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/voices/prejudice.shtml

From Wrexham Borough Council document 'Making Links'
10. Prejudice
The Commission for Racial Equality report 'Common Ground' 2006 identified widespread evidence of public hostility in Britain towards Gypsy and Irish Travellers. Examples included:
• Illegal 'No Travellers' signs in shops and pubs;
• Gypsy and Irish Travellers experiencing great difficulty in getting planning permission for private sites;
• Gypsy and Irish Traveller children being bullied and harassed at schools by other pupils; and
• Growing numbers of reports of racist graffiti and attacks.

From
"British Anti-Discrimination Legislation and its Protection for Gypsies and Travellers"
'…Gypsies and Travellers are still experiencing
discrimination of the most overt kind:
'No blacks, no Irish, no dogs' signs
disappeared decades ago, but the 'No Travellers' signs,
used intentionally to exclude Gypsies and Travellers,
are widespread indicating that discrimination against these groups
remains the last 'respectable' form of racism in the UK.'
Legal Action Group (2004)