Equine Equality Eviscerated!

The Port O'Call pub in Marshfield, England is setting itself up for the mother of all discrimination lawsuits. The new owners there are ignoring precedent and banning one of the regular, paying customers.

Morning Mist has been kicked out.

The new landlord of a pub has said he had no choice when he took over but to ban one of the regulars - a two-year-old pony called Morning Mist.

The mare with a penchant for John Smiths beer was a regular customer at the Port O'Call pub along with owner Tony Manton.

But when Graham Wheatley and Craig Thomas took over the pub, Morning Mist was given her marching orders on the grounds of health and safety.

Mr Manton, 62, is not happy about the changes at the pub, in Marshfield, situated between Cardiff and Newport.

He said: "I don't blame them for what they are doing but it's becoming a 'yuppie' pub.

"Not only have they done away with the pony, but they have got rid of the bar stools and tables and brought in settees and the like.

My God. Settees! What next? Lava lamps? Oh the humanity. Anyway, the new owners have completely ignored the strides made in equine equality. For example, there's Peggy, a regular at the  Alexandra Hotel in Jarrow, South Tyneside. She's a proper lady according to all accounts. Well, there's only one account, but it's positive! So the new owners of the Port O'Call are playing with fire. We can't help but wonder what they'll do when the two nuns and the guy with a parrot on his shoulder walk in.