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| Release time:2013-10-31 Source:admin Reads: | |
| The local authority says it will refuse to renew Denise’s license in February unless she removes the stickers. The veteran driver has vowed to keep flying the flag and says there’s nothing offensive about them. Adding that when she rang Teignbridge Council to remonstrate about the ban she says she was told the stickers were denigrating and offensive to foreigners. She said: 'I think it’s pathetic. I believe the council is implying that I am racist but nothing could be further from the truth. 'I’ve had a few foreign people in my cab and I’ve asked them if they find it offensive information on the stickers and they don’t in the slightest. In fact, one told me "your country has gone mad". 'You only have to sneeze now for someone to find it offensive. I’ve asked a solicitor who says I’m not doing anything wrong. 'The upsetting thing is that I could lose my livelihood and my home if they take away my license.' Self-employed Denise says the stickers on her Volkswagen Touran people carrier are not offending anyone. The mum-of-one added: 'I was told it was the council’s policy regarding equality. A taxi driver has been caught up in a row with the council after being banned from having a St George’s Cross sticker in her cab. Denise Said, 56, has three English flag signs stuck on the doors and boot of her vehicle and has been asked to remove them because they could be interpreted to discriminate against foreigners. After receiving one complaint she received a letter from the council accusing her of breaching equality laws. Teignbridge Council in Devon said the stickers, which reads ‘local driver’, would leave anyone who is not English at a 'disadvantage in their day to day life'. |
