Black Bitch protesters "not giving up the fight" and will take to the streets again this weekend

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Black Bitch campaigners are staging a third rally this weekend, saying they have “no intention of giving up the fight”.The pub’s owners, Greene King, announced last week their intention to change the name to the Willow Tree.The campaign’s action committee said they had met last night and agreed on a number of measures which will be deployed in stages depending on Greene King’s attitude to their “reasonable request” for them to drop their “continuing insults” that the town’s mascot is racist and offensive.The Rally will take place outside the pub on Sunday (February 13) at 2pm with the hope there will be pipers entertaining the crowd before the committee announced the planned actions.Alistair Old said he was delighted to hear news of the campaign had reached as far as France.He continued: “Many thanks for your continuing support folks.

Apparently the story has made its way into Europe now. My brother in the South of France has heard about the campaign recently.“We have no intention of giving up the fight to protect our heritage from this unjust accusation from a corporate giant who need to explain in detail what is racist or offensive about the term Black Bitch when used in Linlithgow in its proper context.“Greene King only need to place Linlithgow’s Dog or something similar above the existing sign and no one can deny its referring to a Black Greyhound Bitch.“Once again this week Greene King the sent out the corporate blurb stating that they understand the historic significance of the name and changing the name is not meant to disrespect the heritage of Linlithgow.“This is exactly what they are doing by using their continuing statement that our heritage is offensive.”Greene King announced last week that the pub’s name