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Thousands petition to keep pub’s ‘offensive’ name [The Midget] (www.independent.co.uk)

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Thousands of people have signed a counter-petition to keep a pub’s “offensive” name after a rebrand was announced.

The Midget, a Greene King pub in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, was first subject of a petition signed by more than 1,300 people calling on the brewery franchise to “recognise the offence of the term and its implications” of the pub’s name.

The name comes from the iconic MG car which was built in the car company’s former factory in Abingdon.

Last week, Greene King said it would rename the pub The Roaring Raindrop in tribute to the last ever land speed record-breaking car produced by MG.

But some locals have objected with more than 2,800 people signing a counter-petition calling on the brewery to reverse the plans to rebrand.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually no. My friend John did. Before he died in 1996. From complications related to what at the time was called dwarfism.

[–] Embarrassingskidmark 2 points 1 month ago

I'm guessing people found that term offensive too so it was changed yet again?