Two councils , Harrogate and Cheltenham's taxi drivers have been banned from displaying flags showing support for the England football team. Drivers are flying the St George's Cross ahead of the World Cup which kicks off in Germany in June.
Cheltenham Borough Council's licensing department has told the town's taxi drivers they cannot join in. The only signs they are allowed to carry are the official Hackney Carriage plates. The council has cited safety concerns over the flags.
A spokesman for the borough council said the ban was not just on the grounds of taste.
Taxi drivers have been banned from wearing England football shirts or anything else backing the team's World Cup bid.
Cabbies in Blackpool were told they will be stripped of their licences if they sport anything featuring the word England, the Cross of St George or the Three Lions shield. One claims he was told it might prove offensive to visitors from other parts of the UK.
The angry drivers have accused the local council - which is currently flying a flag in support of a Gay Pride event above the Town Hall - of taking political correctness to ridiculous limits.
2 comments:
bitch slap them fuckers.
Aye they should do ,it made me whiffle when I read that
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