Thanks for the heads up and for challenging the policy.
I’ll be with my daughter so really want to avoid a scene or having to leave.
I think I’ll take a half used vape cart. If it gets confiscated then I can go wmd the week after. I think I’ll have a few brownies just before I go in too.
Mixed mode works best. Edibles will last longer and the cart can give you some top ups.
Hope you have a good night.
I used this email address as they have no access email.
[email protected]
So I wrote out an essay the other night for your predicament and then i deleted it. It would have been like using a nuke to crack a walnut. The gist was Newham council give them a license to operate a venue, a license to serve alcohol and by violating the Equality act they are in breach of those licenses. Use that as the wedge to open the door a little and put both parties on notice.
Find the exact parts of the Equality Act you want to use for this battle, then quote them in the letter. Finalise with something like
Due to the policy conveyed by Neil Robinson on behalf of London Stadium and the obvious discrimination against disabled people and their legal usage of prescription medications, I feel the venue is now in breach of licensing requirements. I think further investigation into other breaches by the venue against vulnerable members would be warranted
I would send a copy to Newham Licensing (the stadium sits in their borough so it's only logical they gave it a license to operate), one to Sadiq Khan (you might as well), one to the Met Police (don't know whether they will investigate it, but it will be recorded), one to your local MP (just nice to give them a heads up and they might be able to add some political clout to it) and one to London Stadium (just so they know and can let their solicitors know they are maybe going to get reamed for breaching a law). Make sure the letter shows all the other recipients. Then let the proverbial shit hit the fan.
Whether you decide to do this, is up to you. This path leads somewhere and it's not going to be quick, nor particularly clean. They might just back down after the first letter (and after their legal counsel tells them stop being dicks before someone bends them over the table and legally butt fucks them). They might double down at which point it might get super messy and at which point you probably take it from being a private matter to one that is on social media, possibly in papers and is very much public. Not ideal given we are a hated community.
This is a toned down version of what I wrote about the other night. But the strategy is the same.
You might want to ask if anyone on here is good at legal letters or can draft something usable. Don't use AI. Do the research yourself and collate it. Then put it all into a word document. Then build the letter and insert those facts into it. Remember to cite the Equality Act in the quotes and stuff it into the footer. If there is any specific case law that pertains to discrimination against disabled people and more specifically the use medication, you have to quote/cite it. I am not a solicitor, so I don't know if there is. But if you can find some, that could be helpful.
You also need to see someone at Citizens Advice and see if they can suggest anything.
