A Liverpudlian bus driver has told a tribunal that being told to “calm down, calm down” is racist. Antony Ryan felt “insulted” after the comments from his manager. The saying originated in a comedy sketch by Harry Enfield, in which moustachioed, shell-suited “Scousers” would tell each other: “Eh, alright, alright, calm down, calm down.” Ryan’s race discrimination claim was dismissed because the panel ruled he was not being mocked for his “national origin”.
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Man names son after alphabet
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