tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789818545139773561.post267394452719550085..comments2024-03-20T12:34:07.390+00:00Comments on Brew Wales: 16 pubs a week closingBrew Waleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05292297218879265192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789818545139773561.post-86285055853779364002012-01-24T08:08:49.069+00:002012-01-24T08:08:49.069+00:00"Elephant in the room" - you said it! As..."Elephant in the room" - you said it! As long as CAMRA and other self-proclaimed defenders of pubs refuse even to acknowledge the devastating effect the smoking ban has had on the pub trade, especially in working-class areas, then any campaign to defend pubs is built on sand and doomed to failure.<br /><br />And Tesco didn't suddenly start discounting slabs of Carling on 1 July 2007.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com