Aron Walton

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Well that didn't work now, did it?

No, no, it did not.

“”We will not be locking up our studio, not at all. I encourage every business to do the same… so anyway, where’s all the parties at? Who’s game for a party Thursday?

—Aron Walton, manager of Holey Skin

Aron Walton is a tattooist and former manager of the Holey Skin tattoo parlour on Gloucester Road, Bristol, England who defied COVID-19 lockdown regulations as part of the so-called "Great Reopening" pseudolegal scheme, racking up over £20,000 in fines and costs. He was one of a number of business owners and managers who thought they could keep their businesses open by displaying a notice proclaiming their "right to enter into lawful dissent" and declaring the business "under the jurisdiction of common law" based on a misunderstanding of Article 61 of the Magna Carta. Such arguments in modern times are generally restricted to proponents of Organised Pseudolegal Commercial Argument (OPCA) schemes such as freeman on the land and sovereign citizens. As well as his anti-lockdown antics, he was also involved in anti-mask, anti-vax and COVID-19 denialism as part of the group Stand Up Bristol.

Flight risk

A grinning Walton first came to prominence early in the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the Stand Up X anti-mask protest by streaming himself strolling unmasked around Sainsbury's explaining that face coverings were useless and taunting staff, claiming that their policy was unenforceable. His local branch Stand Up Bristol cited the Magna Carta in a threat to "seize public buildings" if Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees did not respond to their accusations of "treason" for his support for lockdown.

Walton was contacted by NHS Test and Trace in September after three passengers on an EasyJet flight he had been on from Zante, Greece to Bristol Airport tested positive for COVID-19. He responded on social media, "I do not recognise this name, and I do not consent." When contacted by the local media he explained, "I research for myself and make my own conscious choices," "I do not believe anything the MSM or the Government have to say." He continued to attend his business unmasked and once again questioned the efficacy of masks, as everyone except him on the flight was wearing one; he, of course, is exempt because wearing one causes the brave little soldier "severe distress".

Lock it down

Walton was positively giddy as lockdown approached, stating "Covid doesn't exist," that the Magna Carta is a defence to lockdown, and:

It’s the first time in your life someone has actually had the cheek to turn around and say you’re gonna be locked down and can’t have bonfire night, as shitty as it is anyway and what they’re celebrating.

I’m gonna open the studio as normal, work as normal, tattoo my client as normal, and afterwards I’m thinking firework display or bonfire.

I will not be shutting my studio, I will not be consenting to anything to do with these guidelines whatsoever.

I need to settle down a bit. I’m so excited. It’s great. I’m looking forward to exercising my rights.

Sure enough Walton opened as usual, and when police and council officers arrived to serve a prohibition notice, he accused them of trespass and stated:

We haven't signed any contract with you.

I'm not a fictional character. I am a living man. You are not in your jurisdiction.

I’m not accepting that notice. I do not consent. I do not acknowledge it. I do not wish to enter any contract with you.

Protestors from Stand Up Bristol turned up in support of Walton, with organiser Harlequin Forde^! incorrectly stating, "We're here to protect Holey Skin… who is refusing to comply with Covid restrictions," and, "We agree with this because these restrictions aren’t legal… they are not law."

The confrontation concluded with the officer posting the notice through the letterbox, and Walton responding, "We're not accepting that,” “It will be returned to sender," and, "Can I just point out there is^[sic] no crimes being committed here?" He then went out to do a victory dance for the cameras of the local press.

Blowing it

Remaining open, he confirmed to police, "I haven't accepted any prohibition order. I am a living man and I do not consent," "This land is governed by consent and we do not consent," he continued by tugging on the heart strings as a father of six, before concluding, "This is not a criminal matter… I know they're getting you to do stuff, but your hands are tied."

In another visit, Walton began an encounter he described as "perfect" by telling the "nice" officer, "I made it quite clear on my Instagram account I will be issuing £10,000 fines for any more police visits." He went on to state, "I have an affidavit of truth," before launching into a four-minute tirade about "common law," which elicited, "I did not know that was the response I was going to get," from the officer. "I really appreciate this chat and I will not be issuing you a 10 grand fine," Walton concluded.

When police and council officers returned with a warrant of entry and a locksmith, Walton told the locksmith, "Don’t blow through the hole please, you could have Covid," and said to the officers:

You have no wet signature from a judge. You have no authority here. You have no jurisdiction here.

I stand under common law. You are committing criminal offences against me right now.

Upon entering the officers arrested Walton, seized equipment and issued a £1,000 fixed penalty notice, to which Walton responded, "I do not consent, I do not accept it," but, "Leave that evidence there for me, please." The officers then de-arrested Walton and left him threatening to "bill them for the damage." He quickly announced his intention to reopen as soon as he sorted out his paperwork and sourced some replacement equipment.

Great reopening

Holey Skin was reopened within a week, with Walton posting the Magna Carta notice in the window, and when police and council officer arrived with a warrant and issued £200 fixed penalty notices to four people, he responded "I do not understand, I do not consent," maintained, "That warrant there has no wet signature from a judge," and accused them of "high treason," for which, he stated, "you will stand trial before a jury of the people, and which still carries the gallows".

Courting disaster

Bristol Magistrates' Court, in August 2021, sentenced Walton, in his absence, to pay over £20,000 in fines and costs for failing to comply with the closure notice and obstructing an enforcement officer. Later that month he joined an antivax mob who forced the pop-up vaccination centre in Cabot Circus shopping centre to close.

Despite the shop closing and Walton moving to Wales, he appeared before Bristol Magistrates' Court again in September 2023 charged with assault and a public order offences dating back to 2021 and 2022.

See also

• Sinead Quinn, a hairdresser and salon owner who also cited Magna Carta in defying lockdown.