‘They will put me in prison first’: UK business owner refuses to take down ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ sign
Charlie Mullins, owner of Pimlico Plumbers in London, has been told by his local council to remove the giant sign, but says he’d rather go to jail
An outspoken British businessman is prepared to go to prison to keep a giant “Bollocks to Brexit” sign above his London office after he was told to remove it by his local council.
Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbers and a former Conservative party donor, accused Lambeth borough council of interfering with his freedom of speech and succumbing to people’s sensitivities over a word that was proved in a 1977 case involving the Sex Pistols not to be obscene.
“We had a sign there previously saying, ‘Nobody voted to be poorer’ for six months and Lambeth did not object,” Mullins said. “They say it has nothing to do with our business, but quite clearly it has everything to do with our business. If there is Brexit we won’t have a business.
“This is just bullying and the advert is not coming down. They will need to put me in prison before that comes down. I am just a business standing up for my rights.”
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