Hoist One Last Glass

Whee's Bob Geldof and Bono when they need them? It sounds like it's time for Pub-Aid!

£3 is actually $6, not $5. And it is sad. Ive seen the decrease and the impact left and right. Its no surprise this is happening, esp. when I once paid $12 (£6) for a simple glass of wine. The publican even said "Its 6 im afraid". My sister worked at that pub; which has seen 3 different owners in a 6 month period. Excessive managerial turnover coupled with the credit crunch and the smoking ban has altered the demand to visit the pub frequently. Its depressing

Its a sad day when pubs of yesteryear are shutting their doors with such great frequency. Also, while tea and coffee are fine they are no replacement for a local pub where you can enjoy a pint of brew and the laughter, stories, and lies of friends and new aquaintences. It also has health values to impart.

"Why not coffee and tea shops? Healthier products. Also communitarian in nature." Because they're not bloody pubs, you blithering idiot. They're coffee and tea shops. And 3 pounds a pint??? What sort of bloody nonsense is that? I left there five years ago, and I'm still in the process of becoming a citizen. When I do, in about a year, I shall burn my British passport in protest at the galloping death of England. Evidently, the idiot socialists and the cretinous liberals have succeeded in doing their worst there, and there's nothing at all left of the country I knew in my childhood. I'm glad I left when I did.

£3 is actually $6, not $5. And it is sad. Ive seen the decrease and the impact left and right. Its no surprise this is happening, when I once paid $12 (£6) for a simple glass of wine. The publican even said "its 6, im afraid" My sister works at a pub which has seen 3 different owners in a 6 month period. Excessive managerial turnover coupled with the credit crunch and the smoking ban has altered the demand to visit the pub frequently. Its depressing

It's even more expensive in Ireland-high prices(and promised higher with d new budget) don't seem to hurt drinker habits from as much as i can tell on a friday night! generall almost $6 (E4.20)just for a short of rum!

We at Macclesfield Pubwatch have started a petition Save Our Pubs, we are getting the pubs of macclesfield to say No we have had enough ,we need the smoking ban reversed in pubs giving the licencee the option and the other thing is the flooding of the market by the cheap alcohol thrown out by the supermarkets. We will be sending our petition to Nicholas Winterton. We need every pub in England to sign one of their own

Why not coffee and tea shops? Healthier products. Also communitarian in nature.