For the love of the Queen, keep those pubs open!
The Thirsty Beagle earlier gave you a report about the financial struggles of British pubs. Let’s be honest here: If British pubs are struggling and closing down, as has been reported, that casts a fairly ominous shadow over the beer industry in general. Well, those folks across the pond are not taking this matter lightly. Forget focusing the efforts of British leaders on fixing trivial things like the economy, unemployment and the general well-being of the nation, the English have formed a 400-member all-party parliamentary beer group. (Come to think of it, why haven’t I already moved to England?) This beer group is tasked with keeping pubs in business. They’re suggesting reducing taxes on beer from the tap and possibly even instituting a legally enforceable minimum price for beer. (Really, I hear England is quite the cultural destination.) Seriously, though, we may not want to drive on the other side of the road, name our first born sons Paddington and eat fish and chips three times a day, but can’t our political leaders come together to emulate their British counterparts on this one?
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