Political parties struggle to self-fund to the levels that are needed in order to run the kinds of publicity machines they are these days. As a result they are reliant on "donations", which are obviously made completely without prejudice and are in no way connected to any changes in policy or maintenance of the status quo.
It would however be considered quite rude to legislate in such a way as might disadvantage your larger donors. The co-founder of Punch Taverns, Marc Jonas, donated £10k to Cameron's campaign for the Tory leadership. These facts are of course, completely unconnected.
There were seven pubs when I moved to Winky 9 years ago, those seven pubs are still here today. My own local has closed twice in that period. The first time was after the 3rd licensee I'd known stopped working at being a publican, the pub became a shoitehole and he couldn't keep a pint to save his life. It was taken over by a guy who tried to turn it into something it never could be. He installed wide-screen TVs in each bar and it got to the point where walking into the bar was like walking into a sink-estate family's front room, complete with Jeremy Kyle blaring at full volume.
It changed hands again last month and I made my first visit on Tuesday, after my mate's funeral. He'd have loved it now, all the tellies have been ripped out, the juke box has gone and the pub has reverted to what it originally was - a proper cider house. Although he's got a couple of ales on tap, the bar is taken up with cider pumps. He's got 12 or more different ciders on draft and countless others in bottles. The one mistake I think he has made is getting shut of the top shelf but that can easily be added in the future and I fully expect that it will be.
QuoteThe one mistake I think he has made is getting shut of the top shelf but that can easily be added in the future and I fully expect that it will be.'"
We've 2 pubs in our village both owned by Enterprise. The landlord in one does a lot of work on the pub when he first moved in, paid for out of his own pocket, Enterprise then put the rent up because of the improvements. Unsurprisingly it was empty six months later. That was about a year ago and they're only now found someone to take over.
Because the first pub closed the second did well over christmas so up goes the rent and out go the tenants.
I don't know if rent increases are automatic things but common sense doesn't seem to be.
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