Pubgoers wearing England flags turned away from boozer despite manager saying they would 'serve everyone'

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Isabelle Parkin

By Isabelle Parkin


Published: 28/08/2025

- 07:49

Updated: 28/08/2025

- 08:24

The pub is located next door to a Holiday Inn where protestors had gathered over the weekend

Pubgoers draped in England flags were refused entry to a Birmingham pub which said it did not want to be involved in protests.

The group posted footage on social media of the confrontation with staff at the entrance to the Manor Farm pub in Castle Bromwich.


Two members of door staff were the ones to initially turn down the flag-clad men, saying it was a "simple rule by management".

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The female manager then appeared behind them, calmly explaining she was "happy to serve everyone in their normal clothes".


She added that she would be glad to serve the group if they removed them, saying the pub was "not involving themselves in any protest".

The manager eventually requested the would-be customers leave as they were causing an "issue".

As the man behind the camera was guided away from the entrance to the boozer, he fired a flurry of insults towards the manager, saying she was a "lefty scumbag" and branding her "vile" and "disgusting".

A number of negative reviews have now been left on the pub's website, with one person giving it one-star and writing: "They ban people from entering with England flags! Disgraceful."

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The confrontation occurred at the entrance to Manor Farm in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham

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Another wrote: "Non-English pub, you are not welcome if you show a bit of patriotism. No England flags 'NOT ALLOWED'."

Manor Farm is located next to a Holiday Inn which is said to house asylum seekers, with flag-wearing protestors having gathered there over the Bank Holiday weekend.

A member of pub staff claimed the group were part of the demonstration outside the hotel.

"That man was part of a 200-strong mob who had been protesting outside the hotel next door on Sunday against it housing asylum seekers", the anonymous employee told the Daily Mail.

The pub manager was hit with a stream of insults after the group were calmly asked to leave

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"They were very rowdy and bad tempered. Many of that group were already drunk and they wanted to come into the pub to get more drunk. That's why we refused them entry."

A pub source also told the newspaper that some migrants staying in the neighbouring hotel come in to eat and drink and "never cause any trouble", adding they are "always welcome".

A spokesperson for the pub's parent company, Greene King, said: "The safety and security of our teams and customers is our utmost priority.

"Our pubs are places for people to come together and socialise without the concern of being caught up in a protest.

Flags have sprung up in towns and cities across the country including in Birmingham

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"As such, we do not allow materials associated with political protests within our pubs and ask customers to remove them and put them away before entering."

The England flag has become a common sighting in towns and cities across the country, including Birmingham, in recent weeks.

An online movement called "Operation Raise the Colours" has seen residents attach Union Jack and St George's flags to lampposts up and down hundreds of streets.

Some have even taken to painting the St George's cross on mini-roundabouts and pedestrian crossings.

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