Churchill cafe owner reveals Jeremy Corbyn and his wife visit for coffee and bread – but Labour leader refuses to condemn protests
THE owner of a Winston Churchill cafe stormed by Corbynistas has revealed their hero has popped in for coffee - but the Leftie leader has refused to condemn the protesters.
Chris Evans has hit out at the mob for their "ignorant views" after they burst into the Blighty Cafe and told customers they should boycott the place for “celebrating colonialism.”
The 40-year-old has accused the Leftie snowflakes of trying to "erase history" and says he is "terrified" the mob will put a brick through his window next.
And he revealed Corbyn has even been to the cafe before - as the Labour leader refused to comment on the protests when approached by Sun Online today.
A spokesperson for Corbs even refused to answer what his thoughts are on Churchill and if he shared the view of the protesters.
Chris told Sun Online: "If the protesters are just ignorant that's one thing but I don't understand why they involve politics.
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"They say they're Corbynistas but he's been in the cafe before for a coffee and his wife has brought bread from us - are they going to boycott him now?
"I don't know if you can ever win against these people. If you can't, do you then just say f*** it and whitewash the walls and call yourselves the 'Bland Cafe' just to please them and lose your regular customers?
"It's like these people feel we should have no history."
Chris opened the cafe in Finsbury Park, North London, five years ago and decided to call it Blighty because his nan used the word and it "means a lot" to him.
Since then, it has been padded out with Winston Churchill memorabilia - including a statue of Britain’s greatest wartime leader.
The cafe even has a Churchill mugs, model Spitfires hanging from the ceiling and a signature dish - 'The Winston' – a traditional full English breakfast with Cumberland sausage and Yorkshire black pudding.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson weighed in this afternoon too, deeming it a "disgraceful attack on our finest ever wartime leader by hard-left mob".
He called on Mr Corbyn to "denounce the actions of these 'activists' immediately".
Chris said: "When you think of Britain, you think about Churchill. Yes, the man was flawed - he was great and did incredible things but sometimes he wasn't that great which showed he was human.
"Churchill did a lot of great things for this country and also some racist and ignorant things but we should absolutely celebrate him.
"It would be wrong not to because if you didn't, you wouldn't be able to celebrate Britain and you should be able to be proud of where you're from.
"To not be able to honour Churchill would mean erasing him and everything he did for the UK from our history."
Chris's staff were left shaken by the protest on Saturday after a group led by devout Corbyn supporter Halimo Hussein marched into the cafe and branded Churchill "racist".
She shouted: "It's our duty to fight for our freedom" before adding "we have nothing to lose but our chains".
It's the latest in a spate of incidents for Chris, who had to remove a Churchill mural after it was vandalised.
He has also faced criticism from activists at his Cafe India restaurant in nearby Tottenham, which three women began an online petition against in a bid to make the eatery change it’s Commonwealth theme.
Chris said: "At the end of the day we are just an independent cafe trying to make a living to pay our bills so I don't think it's fair they would target us.
"I'd love to sit down with them and ask them who they think we should celebrate from British history.
"They don't realise they are hurting people by doing what they're doing.
"I just want to protect my staff at the end of the day. They're just normal people who are coming into work every day in a cafe that just happens contain Churchill memorabilia - they don't give a damn so why scare them?"
Chris believes the cafe has suddenly been targeted after film Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman as Churchill was released in cinemas.
But he says he has no plans to change the name or the theme unless regulars stop coming in.
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Chris added: "It's our right to celebrate the Commonwealth and we shouldn’t be stopped by a few liberals or people who think we shouldn’t.
"It's like they're saying we can't celebrate Britain’s history."
A spokesperson for the Labour leader refused to comment to The Sun.
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