Aaron Newbury

IF YOU want to understand what makes a place tick, spend an evening in its local pub.

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It’s true wherever you go — town or country — but sitting at a village pub you can meet everyone in a matter of a couple of hours.

Countryside pubs aren’t just a business, they’re the beating heart of community life. Predictably, Labour doesn’t understand this. To them, pubs up and down the country are just another sector to tax, regulate and squeeze.

The hospitality industry more broadly has been subjected to a relentless assault since Sir Keir Starmer took office, and while the whole sector reels, the rural pub is sadly facing a cliff edge because of this government’s incompetence.