Moment woman wearing a Palestine flag badge on her jacket is refused entry to a central London pub

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By Katherine Lawton

Published: 15:02 BST, 14 July 2024 | Updated: 15:02 BST, 14 July 2024

This is the moment a woman was denied entry into a London pub because of the Palestine flag badge on her jacket. 

Dramatic footage posted on social media shows the woman entering into a heated row with a member of staff at the entrance to The Red Lion pub in Westminster yesterday. 

Pointing to the Palestine flag on her jacket, the woman shouts: ‘If I was wearing an American flag, or an English flag, or a Ukrainian flag, you would not ask me to remove it – that would be considered offensive.

‘If I was wearing a rainbow flag, or a pride flag, you wouldn’t stop me, no you wouldn’t!’ 

Meanwhile, the member of staff repeatedly answers back: ‘Yes I would, yes I would.’ 

Do YOU know the woman? Email katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk 

A woman is seen being denied entry to a London pub because of the Palestine flag on her jacket

The woman points to the Palestine flag on her jacket and has a row with the member of staff

A security guard stands at the door while the woman has a row with the member of staff 

A security guard blocks the entrance to the pub as he observes the heated argument between the pair.  

A spokesperson for The Red Lion said: ‘The location of this pub, on Whitehall, means it is frequently on the route of protests from all sides of the political divide. 

‘We are a place that is open to all and we want to ensure that everyone is equal inside the pub and that we remain neutral.

‘Therefore, the management team in the pub took the decision, some years ago, to ask customers to remove all flags, badges and overt political slogans – whatever the cause – before entering the pub itself.’ 

In April this year, football star Shaun Johnson stirred up controversy by wearing a ‘Free Palestine’ badge on his shirt. 

A month earlier, two Israeli brothers were held up and subjected to aggressive questioning from ‘antisemitic’ Border Force staff as they arrived in Britain.

UK Border Force were slammed for ‘demeaning’ the two Israeli survivors of the Nova Music Festival and detaining them for two hours at Manchester Airport after flying over to speak about their experience.

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Moment woman wearing a Palestine flag badge on her jacket is refused entry to a central London pub

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