BBC News: Funeral soldiers turned away from bar in Coventry

Shameful. Plain and simple.

Always popular here, Rudyard Kipling's poem "Tommy" http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Tommy.htm

Hating the military is always quite fashionable in certain circles.

Odd policy.

Could only hope the bar gets closed.


Welcome to the UK.

I've heard of numerous place, particularily places near bases, that have similiar policies. From what I've heard, from people in and out of various militaries, is that soldiers sometimes like to get in fights. And locals are often obliging. It seems it's not done out of hatred for the military but rather out a desire to keep a little order in their establishments.

Nothing new. Bars, pubs and the like have been barring military troops since there was a military. Just remember the ones that practice that and boycott them.

This was a bar in the middle of Coventry (as in well away from a base) and the soldiers went in for a coffee.

Just military haters. We've all met them.

Entirely possible. I was just pointing out that it's not actually unusual of a policy in some places, and that there is a reason behind it sometimes. Whether it's a reason is, of course, debatable.

From reading up on the bar it would appear that it is notorious for turning people away for no good reason, not just soldiers. It has had very bad reviews prior to this incident. As others have said, it's very common in the UK. Not much you can do other than boycott said establishments as they can refuse to serve anyone without giving a reason by law.