Meanwhile, The Jolly Farmers Pub in Oxford said businesses were “boarding up windows” ahead of Robinson’s visit.
“Businesses are going to suffer. Communities are going to suffer. Our reputation as a city is going to suffer,” the pub said in a post on Facebook.
“We respectfully ask you [the Union] to rescind this invitation and show true leadership and a duty of care to the city you call home,” it added.
The criticism follows that of the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend Steven Croft, and Imam Monawar Hussain last month.
Ahead of the event’s initial scheduling in May, the pair penned a joint letter calling on the society to withdraw its invitation to Robinson.
They said the invitation was “untimely and divisive”, and that Oxford was “a city in which there is no room for hatred”.
“As faith and civic leaders across Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley we stand together against hatred, racism and those who would divide our communities,” they added.
