The Welsh fight back! Moment furious Tesco shopper yells ‘rip the f***ers off’ as he tears plastic sheets from ‘non-essential’ items banned in ‘disgraceful’ Covid crackdown by his government
A furious man has been filmed removing coverings on non-essential items in a Welsh supermarket.
Gwilym Owen, who was not wearing a mask, is seen removing covers in a shop which are no longer allowed to sell under the new Welsh lockdown restrictions.
The man is heard to shout ‘since when has clothes been exempt?’, ‘rip the f***ers off!’ and ‘kids’ f***ing clothes, it is a disgrace.’
The footage ends with security staff approaching Gwilym as he shouts ‘since when has clothing not been essential’.
In a post on Facebook afterwards, he said: ‘I had enough last night. I don’t care about the backlash that I may get from this.
Gwilym Owen, who was not wearing a mask, is seen removing covers in a shop which are no longer allowed to sell under the new Welsh lockdown restrictions
The man is heard to shout ‘since when has clothes been exempt?’, ‘rip the f***ers off!’ and ‘kids’ f***ing clothes, it is a disgrace’
He added on Facebook: ‘I had enough last night. I don’t care about the backlash that I may get from this’
‘I heard supermarkets have put covers over ‘non essential’ things such as clothes. We’re heading into winter now and who would have thought clothes for children weren’t essential?
‘I’m sure there are people out there who can barely afford heating in their houses and now they want to stop people buying clothes in supermarkets.
‘I don’t expect everyone to do what I’ve done here but I do expect everyone to know that denying the public clothing is nothing but immoral and inhuman.
‘So no I’m not ashamed of what I’ve done.
‘I’m not prepared to live in a society where they can take basic human needs away like being able to buy new clothes, especially for children. So I’ll do what I can to stop it.
‘I’ve had it up to my tether with what’s going on and we need more people to take a stand for what is right! This was my stand.’
A spokesman for Tesco said: ‘Under new restrictions set out by the Welsh Government, we are currently unable to sell ”non-essential” items in our stores.
‘Our colleagues have worked hard to put these measures in place and we ask that customers please respect these restrictions.’