Chip shop owner caught in racism row

[Del]

A chip shop boss has insisted he’s not racist after putting up a banner boasting that the business now had 'English owners'.
Paul Bradbury insists customers 'want to know they are going to be served by somebody English' - even though the shop had previously been run by English people of east Asian descent and of Greek descent.
He and his wife Rachel took over the Chippy On The Green, in Hapton Road, Padiham, Lancashire less than a fortnight ago.

But the couple have already provoked a furious row with a banner across the front of the shop that reads: ‘Under new management with English owners’.
Burnley’s Lib Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle and the mayor of Padiham have both issued demands for it to be removed.
But defiant Mr Bradbury has no plans to take it down.

He said: 'I’m not racist. Anyone who thinks I’m a bigot is narrow-minded.
'People want to know they are going to be served by somebody English. People have said to us that they are glad somebody English is serving them and that the sign made them want to come in.
'They’ve never had anyone in the shop before. We are advertising that we are English.
'You wouldn’t want your fish and chips served to you by someone Turkish, or from wherever, because it wouldn’t be as good a recipe as it would be from somebody English.
'It doesn’t matter what colour or race you are, we’ll serve you. We welcome everyone here. I won’t be taking the sign down.
'We don’t want to upset anyone and we aren’t racist. We wouldn’t be serving foreign food if we were racist.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ys-racism-row-buying-east-Asian-managers.html

 

[Azzurri]

Hi, Nik.

I agree.

 

[icburns]

His comments didn't exactly fix the situation there.

 

[Mrk]

Surely that's just a statement of fact. The world's gone mad.

 

[neil999]

why would you care what nationality serves your chips?! good grief..

 

[davek]

You wouldn’t want your fish and chips served to you by someone Turkish, or from wherever, because it wouldn’t be as good a recipe as it would be from somebody English.

Spuds > cooking oil > fry > serve with salt + vinegar.

It's defo important to keep these complex Anglo-Saxon dishes going. No johnny foreigner could manage that.

 

[davek]

Surely that's just a statement of fact. The world's gone mad.

I know mate, you cant say you want to be served by white people these days without being called a racist.

Tsk.

 

[Del]

Spuds > cooking oil > fry > serve with salt + vinegar.

It's defo important to keep these complex Anglo-Saxon dishes going. No johnny foreigner could manage that.

Well in lad ffs

You've just gave away the secret recipe

 

[neil999]

Spuds > cooking oil > fry > serve with salt + vinegar.

It's defo important to keep these complex Anglo-Saxon dishes going. No johnny foreigner could manage that.

they would prob try and try and fry them in cows blood

 

[davek]

Well in lad ffs

You've just gave away the secret recipe

We *know* it's not that really...but keep quite, the darkies might be reading.

 

[davek]

they would prob try and try and fry them in cows blood

People fought in two world wars to make chips FFS. Now we have to put up with the darkies taking our chips off us? It's not right. That Nigel Farrage'll sort it.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Del you don't even attempt to hide the nik baiting articles now do you

 

[Mrk]

I know mate, you cant say you want to be served by white people these days without being called a racist.

Tsk.

Well, it didn't say white people, it said "English" - I was unaware that only white people could be described as English.

It's insensitive and a bit naive, but it's not racist.

 

[Allezfan]

Well, it didn't say white people, it said "English" - I was unaware that only white people could be described as English.

It's insensitive and a bit naive, but it's not racist.

The previous owner was english but not white. What exactly do you think he meant?

 

[Seamus Colemole]

We wouldn’t be serving foreign food if we were racist.

Yeah, cause thats how it works you idiot.