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BlueWaveNeverEnd

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Thu Aug 14, 2025, 05:28 PM Aug 2025

Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance [View all]

A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance, just weeks after the same venue hosted Kamala Harris, according to reports.

The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, an early 16th-century countryside pub with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, a prestigious award from the Michelin Guide that highlights restaurants offering excellent food at moderate prices.

However, the staff reportedly staged a mutiny, telling management that they wouldn’t show up to work if the venue accepted Vance’s dinner booking, according to a Popb---- newsletter from Thursday.

The rejection is all the more embarrassing considering that former vice president turned presidential hopeful, Kamala Harris, dined there just weeks before, as part of the pre-wedding dinner for Steve Jobs’ daughter, Eve. She married Harry Charles, a 26-year-old British Olympic equestrian, in the Cotswolds, a sprawling area of natural beauty in south-west England, at

https://www.thedailybeast.com/staff-mutiny-forces-pub-to-turn-away-jd-vance/

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An example of resistance -- and it worked. Duncan Grant Aug 2025 #1
I like it! calimary Aug 2025 #39
Oh no, what's that high pitched noise disturbing my afternoon? jls4561 Aug 2025 #2
As it should be Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #3
"shouldn't" wolfie001 Aug 2025 #14
Confused... Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #15
This is what I mean: wolfie001 Aug 2025 #20
Sorry- fixed Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #25
You appear to have a typo in your post drmeow Aug 2025 #19
Oops Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #24
Kamala Harris is competent, gracious, and elegant. mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #4
You could have saved a few words and said the same thing -- 70sEraVet Aug 2025 #30
😃 mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #31
It would be interesting to know how the restaurant told the vance crew they did not get a reservation... mitch96 Aug 2025 #5
I too would love to know exactly how. soldierant Aug 2025 #11
If I ran the place my response to their request would have been two words... AZ8theist Aug 2025 #28
Bugger off is acceptable Historic NY Aug 2025 #35
My guess is tactfully. mwooldri Aug 2025 #29
No, no. NO! Conjuay Aug 2025 #37
With a side of petit futon perhaps? NT mwooldri Aug 2025 #40
If caught in the fib it would give the asshole ammunition. Why not tell the truth? If you come my staff mitch96 Aug 2025 #41
JD Vance is scum. No one owes him the red carpet treatment. Baitball Blogger Aug 2025 #6
Ha, ha, ha! Well played, staff! electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #7
Nobody likes that couch fucker Blue Owl Aug 2025 #8
Why can't we see some of that spirit here in the U.S.? Diamond_Dog Aug 2025 #9
More of this, please! Totally Tunsie Aug 2025 #10
I love it! Brilliant! surfered Aug 2025 #12
They should have kicked his ass Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #13
That would be those in certain areas of Glasgow. paleotn Aug 2025 #17
Sorry. We don't serve nazi trash here. paleotn Aug 2025 #16
Fuck yes! Love it! AKwannabe Aug 2025 #18
Feel the love.... Everyone hates Americans..No! Wait! Grins Aug 2025 #21
And, maga Veeps.. especially of the Fried Orange Cha Aug 2025 #23
Yay Staff of The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire! Cha Aug 2025 #22
In case anyone else wonders wtf popb---- means.... ShazzieB Aug 2025 #26
Man Oh Man, We Should Have A DU Contingent Go There WiVoter Aug 2025 #27
That's because we aren't disrespectful of others' cultures mdbl Aug 2025 #32
I can confirm as a local DUer that I have dined there Layzeebeaver Aug 2025 #34
Mutiny At The Bull gfarber Aug 2025 #33
Ostracize the whole criminal band Plainsman1 Aug 2025 #36
I hope they were at least polite enough to direct him towards a local McDonalds dedl67 Aug 2025 #38
Punch this Blue Owl Aug 2025 #42
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