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‘You had to lie through your teeth’: Pontins whistleblower reveals how Traveller blacklist operated The i 02/03/2021 Cahal Milmo © Provided by The i Pontins Southport Holiday Park in Merseyside. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has criticised the company for running a blacklist designed to exclude Irish Travellers from its sites. (Photo: Reuters/Carl Recinee) Ian remembers with complete clarity the occasion which brought home to him the extent to which one of the biggest household names in Britain’s holidays industry was operating a policy of blatant race discrimination.   He had joined Pontins in 2014 as a “holiday adviser” working in the company’s main telephone booking centre in Merseyside, answering calls from customers wanting to reserve rooms at the chain’s network of cheap and cheerful holiday parks. 

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