I expect Starmer & Co. to make protest against the visit illegal if they can and as difficult as possible if they canāt. They wonāt want to hear any dissent - although Starmer is so far up the Mango Mussoliniās arsehole he wonāt hear it anyway.
Yes, this canāt fail. Now when asked for the purpose of their visit theyāll have to write āspyingā rather than āto see the historic cathedralā. Thatāll put an end to their shenanigans.
A sizeable chunk of the price of a pint in a pub is taxes. Excise Duty + VAT - the VAT being applied after the Excise Duty, effectively taxing the tax. In addition many pubs are owned by āpub cosā, who force the tenants to buy from prescribed suppliers at inflated prices. The pub cos are really property companies, they care not if this means the pub business fails, theyāll just close and redevelop the building/site as something else.
Like many other š¬š§ problems this has its roots in Thatcherism.
Would that be the antiquated new digital system to stop trains? Or the antiquated leaves on the line? Or the antiquated steep incline at the location of the crash? Maybe we'll wait for the RAIB investigation report rather than your wild guess.
Cheap beer you say? Where? Where? š