When the pub dies, more goes with it than just a pint.
Pubs are part of British culture.
They’re where people meet. Where ideas are shared. Where strangers debate politics, sport, life. Where worldviews get challenged, rightly so, all over a pint.
But now? £7 pints at a push. Hundreds of closures. Fewer places to gather. Less cross-generational conversation. More isolation. More echo chambers.
If people aren’t meeting, they’re not talking. If they’re not talking, they’re not listening. And that, long term, leads to narrower thinking and a more divided society.
Reviving the pub isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about rebuilding our social fabric.
Meet Colonel (ret.) Chris Romberg, former British army officer (29 Commando Regiment), military attache at UK embassies in Egypt and Jordan, and son of a Holocaust survivor.
Chris was arrested today for supporting a terrorist organisation.
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Last time I checked, it wasn't asylum seekers that looted Britain's pension funds, illegally sacked entire workforces, cut benefits for the disabled or pushed the NHS waiting list up to eight million