Thousands petition to keep pub’s ‘offensive’ name

The Oxfordshire’s pub’s name was described as a “form of disablist hate speech” - but others say it is a link to the area’s history - (Greene King)

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.