British pub chain Wetherspoons has announced that it is planning to reopen its venues"in or around" June.
"In these challenging times I would like to thank everyone at the company, its suppliers, landlords, banks and the government for their support and commitment. We've had to take significant action to reduce costs, decisions which have not been taken lightly.Wetherspoon boss tells staff to get a job at Tesco
The government has said it will pay 80% of salaries for staff who are kept on by their employer, covering wages of up to £2,500 a month.
Sidnt go in th before. Wont go in them now, even if they're the only pubs open in Britain.
Wertherspoons opening in June?, I’m still in there waiting to get served from b4 the lockdown wetherspoons + customers = lockdown 2.0
Surely wetherspoons can't open and run if they have no staff? I thought the staff didn't get paid because the refusal of pay? Isn't the staff working at supermarket 🤔
It aint down to him to make the decision on when to reopen, thats down to the government!!! Way he treated his staff etc i dont think id step inside a Wetherspoons again.
hope the public remember and his bars are EMPTY everywhere
I wonder how June feels about it.....
I plan on getting into Scarlett Johansson's panties in or around June... I think she might have something to say about it?
Tim Martin thinks he can do what he wants? Errrm, sorry Tim.
Depends if they still have their licence intact...
Maybe he can use this time to clean the pubs! We wouldn't want to get another virus from them.
Yes, pint at last.🍺
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Don’t think so Tim.
Not essential and therefore unlawful homeoffice should prosecute
How about never?
Boycott. The owner poorly treats his staff, and doesn't care about public health. He deserves a kick in the wallet.
I don't see that happening.
No joke. It looks like vast majority of people who have died of CV19 caught it in a hospital or care home. Not in a pub, or at work or on a train. If this is true, full lockdown is pointless. Reopen the pubs.
Good luck with this...
Not sooner? We’ll need some lock ins before then- not lockdowns
Who would want to go to weatherspoons when the boss treats his staff so badly
Money before people again
Do they have inside information delusional sadly
Ooh that would be lovely but I can’t see that happening at all. That will be a 2nd peak waiting to happen . It’s way to soon & not realistic imo
Will they have any staff to open them? After the way they have been treated hopefully no one would go back there!
Pubs/bars/restaurants are a luxury that we can live without right now. These are some of the last places that should be reopening. One step forward, five steps back.
Martin is a tit
It will be interesting to see how many of his staff turn up, let alone customers.
Total moron
Anyone with common sense should not go anywhere near a Wetherspoons. Bad employer.
I won't be holding my breathe
Best vizcomic letter ever
I heard Wetherspoons has bought in a load of PPE from America in preparation for opening, including these “drinking masks”
No chance!
I don’t think he’ll be allowed to open his pubs in Scotland, if we’re still in lockdown. He’ll be served with a Notice under the Licensing legislation.
Boycotting
Will it find any staff?
Bad.
Really have you seen how packed they get?
The boozy scarecrow is at it again profit over people.
I read it in the Sun so it must be true.
Good luck
WallyWelling Boycott
I am all set to go on holiday too but I can't so it's not happening. Lol
Great the police can shut him down and take the license off him gone for good. Job done another toxic situation eradicated in 2020
😂
Putting profit before lives the twat
He'd be reopening right now if he thought he could get away with it. Tim Martin is literally a disaster capitalist. And his hash browns are shit.
Just because they don’t mean people gonna go there
what unthinkably huge imbeciles think they can reopen pubs? the uk is FAR AWAY from managing the situation well let alone close to containing covid. these wetherspoons people need a proper slap in the face!
We can all go celebrate in another pub!
Really?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cos Corona will be gone then. *Eyeroll GB hasn't even begun to flatten the curve! How they can even think about opening anything yet is beyond me
Given the company behaviour, they'll have no suppliers or staff.
Prefer to visit proper pubs with decent quality fresh beer and nice food not your 6.95 nosh and glass of end of life crap. But appreciate some love this stuff but be amazed if pubs are open this side of xmas.
Urgh what an awful place to go in normal circumstances let alone during lock down! The owner was a right bellend at the start of this so why anyone would want to support his business, or indeed work for him & put their life at risk for the sake of a beer, I don’t know
Twat
BorisJohnson SkyNews Johnson can “wet the babies head”. Bad enough born a bastard, but Johnsons bastard? At least, “at the mo”, no title for his other kids/bastards to fight over. Wonder if he still thinks single mother kids “ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive & illegitimate”?
At least this should keep some of the alcoholics and drunks off the streets again.
They cannot force government law
I hope people boycott Weatherspoon. (We still remember the owner's evil deed when the lockdown began)
I will never use one again
They can open away after their arse of an owners behaviour I won’t be going
'ooh you're hard' - David Brent
Who cares. They are awful pubs. I wouldn’t even go in to use their toilets.
This is gonna be great....when the lockdown ends it will only be the sexy Brexiteer chicks out there! No more 'I'm not into politics' until you can be sure they are not a loony lefty!
At least I'll have somewhere to take a dump
Fantastic news 🤥🤥👖🔥
Close it permanently
No
Boycott
Well I'm not going
Is it up to Wetherspoons then? 😂
Oh so all the trash who go there will get coronavirus. Natural selection hey 😁
I hope all the staff he sacked at the beginning of lockdown tell the Arsehole to shove the job right up his Jacksy
Hopefully everyone will remember the actions and statements from Tim Martin and will BoycottWetherspoons StayHomeSaveLives
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Oh yes and how are they going to do social distancing?
^ It seems Tim Martin from Wetherspoons is set to MAKE A KILLING in the gammon sector when he opens his pubs despite lockdown. Every cloud... coronavirus
“🦠 yes 🦠 yes 🦠 yes 🦠 🍺🦠” says the virus as it was beginning to suffocate
Unfortunately this lockdown is coming to an end by the general public, not government. I’m seeing more cars on the road everyday. Please stay at home! Protect lives!
WTF? 20,000 dead and counting...,,
BoycottWetherspoons 🖕🙂👍
Isn't that going to be difficult without any staff?
And what do the Government say about this? Are they just going to “urge” them not to?
His shares will plummet and his shit hole business will take a nose dive into the ground.
What part of LOCKDOWN do you not get Wetherspoons I’m a publican, & will wait till we are told we can open again, even though times are very tough right now 🤬
No way. 😧
Oh are you really
Do they know something we don’t?
Is Tim Martin a dick?
Utterly ridiculous
You really need to avoid them, the owner is a prat!
Hope they go bust, luckily I never supported them, go local
Yeah. I'll drink to that
Good luck with that!
Attention on Timmy everyone! Keep the faith, and when the time is right, support your local local and send this joker packing.
Who gives a shit
You can get pints of Corona free. Then a months break in ICU👍🏻
I hope no one goes. Despicable Man
Probably all the people saying they will boycott it will be at the bar first
Wait what... does he know something that the whole bloody Uk doesn’t?
Don’t worry !! June or July No ones coming in
The Aussie just cares about profits .Hope he has changed the piss soaked carpets while on lockdown!
Along with a lot of other pubs maybe ... cheers, let’s hope! Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
I feel a lifetime AwardsDarwin coming on....yes, it's an oxymoron.....
Lord moon has massive hands
They will do what they are told
Probably gonna sell all that stale beer they have in there cellars
2021?
Fuck them. I hope they go bust
Looks more like Cheggarspoons
Maybe they can have a nationwide lock in
Good job in gaslightingcovid bbc azzholes Get to weatherspoonsanddie
Another example of what a selfless, caring and thoughtful individual Tim Martin is .....sorry I meant prize idiot. However, I’m most curious as to why Keith Chegwin features on the pub sign in this article.
Open does not necessarily mean there will be people using them elephantscanremember
Wetherspoons have ruled out a Swedish approach to managing numbers in an eased lockdown. No one would notice chicken manure on their carpets.
Even Robert Peston has said this idea is bonkers. For in and around June, read 2021.
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Wonder how many people on this thread are jumping on the BoycottWetherspoons bandwagon when we all know they will be there! I for one will happily be there knowing all the keyboard warriors are boycotting the place!
Spoons are not real pubs!! 😂
Not going to happen.
Sarah_Roberson 🙄
I’m so tired of seeing this story. So somehow because a pub is big means you can just reopen? Considering shops will have one way systems and limit people when they reopen you expect people to social distance in a pub jaysus profit before safety
They can piss off!
Do they still employ any staff?
With no staff?
He treated his employees like shit ............boycott
mdr__96 giddy
Seems like someone has a crystal ball
Good these supermarkets are main source of spread it's frightening really