Thursday, May 6, 2010

Nationalise pubs? Well, why not

All three major parties have pledged to "save the pub", two parties have come out with separate pub manifestos. As the election neared the Labour government even thought it would be a good idea to create the first minister for pubs.


The cynic might dismiss this as pre-election flimflam, meant to impress voters that politicians really do care about what ordinary people care about.

The pub is a safe, sexy topic. Everyone loves pubs, even if they don’t use them, so politicians must love pubs too. Even if they haven’t the faintest clue about how the industry works.

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