A pub landlady today defied authorities and put more of her golliwog collection back on display just days after 20 of them were seized by police as part of an investigation that she and her husband had committed a hate crime.
She added: 'The police took 20 of my golli dolls but I've got plenty more of them upstairs. If people don't like them and feel offended by seeing them then they don't have to come into my pub. It's as simple as that. I'm not going to give into this crazy political correctness. We have customers at this pub from all different races and none of them have ever complained about seeing my gollis on display. Why did the police get involved in this?'
Indeed, a good question, since thay utterly fail at their real job, when needed...
The White Hart pub is located on the edge of a council estate in Grays notorious for crime and drug dealing.
Ms Ryley and other regulars fumed that police rarely attend when called out for 'real' crimes and slammed the presence of six police officers who removed the golliwogs from the pub.
So what prompted the action now, given a previous complaint to the council had been seen off?
The landlady claimed that the complaint was made by a customer who entered the pub three weeks ago and asked her to remove the golliwogs as he found them offensive.
She said: 'None of the regulars had ever seen him before, he's not from around here and doesn't even drink in this pub. He walked in, took some pictures, complained and then left.'
We will, of course, never know his name. He'll be protected by the Essex plod better than any supergrass...
A Home Office source said: 'The Home Secretary's views have now been made very plain to Essex Police so they're under no illusions.
'Police forces should not be getting involved in this kind of nonsense. It's about tackling anti-social behaviour, stopping violence against women and girls, attending burglaries and catching criminals – not seizing dolls.'
Over to you, Essex plaod. What will you do now, meekly accept defeat, or double down and send more officers to remove these new dolls?
"Over to you, Essex plod. What will you do now, meekly accept defeat, or double down and send more officers to remove these new dolls?"
ReplyDeleteThere's no safe betting on plod action when commonsense dictates the right choice. Popcorn?
My money is on taking the new dolls. I believe they will be totally incapable of coming to any other decision and probably wonder what all the fuss is about and why people aren't calling them heroes
ReplyDelete"There's no safe betting on plod action when commonsense dictates the right choice. Popcorn?"
ReplyDeleteWell, we now know. They hate to lose face more than a 17th century Chinese emperor...
"My money is on taking the new dolls."
Not yet...