https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/now-labour-bans-talking-in-pubs-sinister-angela-rayner-plan-could-shut-your-local-down/ar-AA1xm7ZR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=86f79c1ed11c4dd2ba1b1b1ed827ee5c&ei=11
As George Orwell noted in his 1946 essay on the perfect pub, regulars go "for the conversation as much as the beer".
Under Rayner's plan, pubs might have to stop customers from discussing anything controversial.
Why? To protect bar staff from "harassment". Which could include overhearing opinions they don't like.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has warned Rayner's rules could "disproportionately curtail" freedoms and could even extend to "overheard conversations".
Imagine that.
Pubs are for letting off steam and yes, that sometimes involves saying daft or offensive things.
It's a human right to talk rubbish in the pub. I may have done it once or twice myself.
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