Amidst all the problems facing the hospitality sector, Labour wants to add to them by forcing them to impose a ‘banter ban’. We need to stop this madness before even more pubs are forced to close.
People are entitled to hold private conversations in pubs, provided they don't offend staff and make them feel "unsafe", Government Minister Lilian Greenwood has said, as she defended Labour's 'banter ban'.
Peers in the House of Lords will attempt to block the 'banter ban' in Labour’s workers' rights bill when it returns to Parliament later this month to safeguard freedom of speech and the British way of life.
Angela Rayner must not cave in to critics such as Nigel Farage over her pub banter crackdown, a union chief has said, as they are just protecting "their right to be offensive".
The 'banter ban' for pubs has been included in Labour's Employment Rights Bill, threatening to turbo-charge the Equality Act and bring the joyless, Stasi-like atmosphere of modern workplaces into leisure time.
