Westminster restaurant’s anti-Brexit message on receipts triggers threats from members of the public
A London restaurant owner has received threats against his restaurant and members of staff after he started printing anti-Brexit messages onto customers’ receipts.
A restaurant owner has received violent threats against his restaurant and members of staff, after the business owner started printing anti-Brexit messages onto customers’ receipts.
The message reads, “Brexit is bad. Immigrants make Britain great. They also cooked and served your food today.”
Despite threats including burning the restaurant down, owner Ibrahim Dogus refuses to stop printing the message, though he intends to print a new one on 1st February.
He said, “It was the day when parliament was debating on Brexit and the deal [brought by the Prime Minister] was going to be debated in parliament.”
“I thought maybe, as a small business owner, I could make my point because we don’t have a voice as a small business in the UK. Large companies like Waitrose and Dyson have all made their point known to the national media so I thought the least I could do is maybe print a message.”
He added: “My point was bigger than my own business, it was about the wider community.”
Brexit has struck a personal chord with the restaurateur, explaining that, “I wasn’t born in the UK. I was born in Turkey. My father claimed asylum in the UK. He was fleeing persecution from the Kurdish political activists. He was granted asylum and then I came over to join him and live in the UK. So we have been welcomed to the UK but since 2016 things have changed.”
Since printing the message their online ratings have dropped as fake reviews have been left by “far-right activists“.
But Mr Dogus has not given up as he hopes the message will invite a conversation about Brexit rather than isolate customers who have differing views.
He has restaurants in two other locations in London and both continue to print the message.
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StandfirstA London restaurant owner has received threats against his restaurant and members of staff after he started printing anti-Brexit messages onto customers’ receipts.
A restaurant owner has received violent threats against his restaurant and members of staff, after the business owner started printing anti-Brexit messages onto customers’ receipts.
The message reads, “Brexit is bad. Immigrants make Britain great. They also cooked and served your food today.”
Despite threats including burning the restaurant down, owner Ibrahim Dogus refuses to stop printing the message, though he intends to print a new one on 1st February.
He said, “It was the day when parliament was debating on Brexit and the deal [brought by the Prime Minister] was going to be debated in parliament.”
“I thought maybe, as a small business owner, I could make my point because we don’t have a voice as a small business in the UK. Large companies like Waitrose and Dyson have all made their point known to the national media so I thought the least I could do is maybe print a message.”
He added: “My point was bigger than my own business, it was about the wider community.”
Brexit has struck a personal chord with the restaurateur, explaining that, “I wasn’t born in the UK. I was born in Turkey. My father claimed asylum in the UK. He was fleeing persecution from the Kurdish political activists. He was granted asylum and then I came over to join him and live in the UK. So we have been welcomed to the UK but since 2016 things have changed.”
Since printing the message their online ratings have dropped as fake reviews have been left by “far-right activists“.
But Mr Dogus has not given up as he hopes the message will invite a conversation about Brexit rather than isolate customers who have differing views.
He has restaurants in two other locations in London and both continue to print the message.
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