There's a great opportunity for micropubs in retail units, with no pubco or brewery tie. In parts of the South East, commercial rents have been too high for the model to work. (View Post)

I suspect parts of government have fighting over this, with one department maybe dragging its feet. Of course government suffers from "not invented here" so just putting another country… (View Post)

Actually we did what other European countries did in June, and allowed people to travel, with restrictions. Unfortunately I think what was missed was that on holiday people engage in activity more li… (View Post)

A year ago was probably the time to close borders. Whether there would have been any appetite for it on 4 February 2020 I don't know. (View Post)

I think the fuss made about someone breaking the rules contributed to the problem. Other politicians did similar without quite the same fuss it was tantamount to shouting at the public "don'… (View Post)