26-year-old irate over Wetherspoon ID checks

A 26 year-old woman has written to her MP complaining of being thrown out of a Wetherspoons pub because one person in her group had no ID.

MP Lynne Jones has now asked JDW boss Tim Martin to explain what action he'll take.

Martin said it shows the "nuttiness of the Government's approach to binge drinking, with over-18s continually being asked to prove their age, much to their annoyance — and whole customers asked to leave if one person does no have ID".

The unnamed customer said her group, all aged 26 and dressed in wedding clothes, were asked to leave after ordering soft drinks as one women had no ID.

The manager "informed us that this was the law and there was nothing he could do about it".

The woman asked Jones to work for a change in the law and said: "I am sick of this ritual humiliation."

In reply, Birmingham Selly Oak MP Jones wrote to Martin saying it's "laudable" his staff carry out full ID checks but said there's nothing in law requiring entire parties to be refused service if one member has no ID. She asked for comments and details of "remedial action" to address the concerns.

The story is reported in the September/October edition of Wetherspoon News.