Pontins issues apology for using Irish surname blacklist to stop bookings
Staff were also told to listen out for Irish accents. British holiday firm Pontins has apologised after a list of people with “undesirable” Irish surnames “banned” from making bookings was made public. A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) uncovered that the company had created a list that had included instructions to staff […]
1 year ago
British holiday firm had a blacklist of Irish surnames that they would not take bookings from
Staff were also told to listen out for Irish accents. A British holiday firm has apologised after a list of people with “undesirable” Irish surnames “banned” from making bookings was made public. A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) uncovered that British holiday company Pontins had created a list that had included instructions […]
2 years ago
A former English mayor has made some nasty and unfair comments about travellers
These comments are not on. Julian Ware-Lane has a blog called A Word From Weir where she talks about different sorts of current affairs and news items that are happening. On 9 August, she posted a piece titled ‘Shameful comments regarding travellers from two senior Southend councillors.’ In the blog, she stated that she had […]
9 years ago