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Sorry to spoil anyones Saturday, but compare & contrast:
The postmaster who banned customers who can't speak English from his branch today faced calls for him to be sacked from angry local Muslims. Sri Lankan-born Deva Kumarasiri introduced the ban this week because he believes all immigrants in Britain should learn the language and take pride in the new homeland. Mr Kumarasiri, who runs Sneinton Boulevard Post Office in inner-city Nottingham, moved here 18 years ago and says everyone should embrace British culture ... But the chairman of the local Mosque confirmed that a petition was circulating among Muslim residents calling for Mr Kumarasiri to go. Aurangzeb Kahn said: 'There has been concern that people can be denied Post Office services because they can't speak English.
Shop 'turned girl away because she’s British’ claims that a student was told to leave a Polish supermarket because it had a policy to not serve English people are being investigated.
but finally, we return to Mr Kumarasiri
A Nottingham postmaster who refused to serve people with poor English has been dismissed from his position and banned from the Liberal Democrat party. Sri Lankan born Deva Kumarasiri shot to prominence this week after he refused to serve customers who could not speak fluent English on the grounds that it caused delays for other customers. When the 40-year-old district councillor turned up for work at the inner-city sub-office this morning he was told he had been moved to another post office in the city. The owners of the shop at which the Post Office concession is based complained to his employment agency saying outrage over his stance was losing them customers.