The Guardian reports that an elderly couple were refused entry last Friday to the Royal Albert Hall after stewards objected to the Palestine lapel badge they wore.
After 15 minutes a supervisor arrived and overturned the decision, allowing them to attend the concert.
“We felt extremely upset, not to say humiliated, by their behaviour towards us. I’m a middle-class ex-public school boy brought up to believe that Brits are decent and law abiding and that one can live one’s life freely,” said Roger Cauthery.
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