The demonstrators, some of whom were dressed in beekeeper outfits or wearing yellow and black stripes, have the support of fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Katharine Hamnett who delivered a petition in support of the ban to the Prime Minister.

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"She was appalling, " said Hamnett.

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