Pub sparks outrage with new rule that will see punters 'politely asked to leave'

The Dark Horse pub successful Moseley, Birmingham, is to enforce a caller regularisation adjacent period aft making an "important announcement" connected Facebook astir etiquette - it has near immoderate bemused

Some punters person been near aggravated astatine a Birmingham pub implicit a caller formal codification which could pb drinkers being "politely asked to leave".

The Dark Horse pub successful Moseley made the 'important announcement' of a caller regularisation which volition travel into unit astatine the weekends and has been blasted by immoderate regulars arsenic "discrimination".

After 9pm connected Fridays and Saturdays, the Alcester Road venue volition nary longer assistance introduction to radical wearing a afloat tracksuit oregon jogging bottoms. The determination though has been applauded by immoderate clients, who said they're "sick of seeing radical retired successful tracksuit bottoms" and pointed retired the barroom is "not a gym".

The pub, which holds regular unrecorded euphony nights, alerted customers to the caller rules successful a Facebook station this week. It stated: "Important announcement astir formal code. Just a heads-up that from Friday, December 6, we're going to beryllium implementing a precise casual going formal codification crossed our venue from 9pm connected Friday and Saturday nights.

"If you are wearing a afloat tracksuit oregon jogging bottoms, you volition not beryllium allowed into the venue. You're invited successful earlier 9pm if you're wearing a tracksuit oregon jogging bottoms, but you volition beryllium politely asked to permission the venue erstwhile the cut-off arrives. As we mentioned, this formal codification lone applies to Friday and Saturday nights and the occasional slope vacation Sunday."

And regulars took to the remark conception to stock their views, with Roma Tough saying: "Good!! Sick of seeing radical retired successful tracksuit bottoms!" Kelly Cowley said: "Why would you adjacent permission the location successful joggers anyways, unless you got a aesculapian crushed to?" And Darren Birch wrote: "Good!!! It's not a gym!"

But connected the different broadside of the fence, reported BirminghamLive, Liam Jelfs said: "Why though? Wonder however galore customers you volition suffer for discriminating against someone's covering choice." And Holly put: "Don't spot what the constituent is, they are conscionable clothes. It's a signifier of discrimination. I wouldn't formal that mode myself. But it's a spot shallow."

Others responded much light-heartedly to the regularisation change, arsenic Martin Ward said: "What astir crocs? Fashion transgression those things are." And Justine Willington added: "How astir socks and sliders? Crime against fashion!"