Public breastfeeding: Most Britons consider it acceptable
Ukip leader Nigel Farage backed the decision of Claridge's hotel to ask a woman to cover up while breastfeeding. He went on to say that breastfeeding mothers should "perhaps sit in the corner". Not all Britons are as intolerant as Farage on this issue. Statista's latest feature in the Independent shows where British people consider it acceptable/unacceptable to breastfeed.
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