Post ASdOwLXTN7voO4K7cG by Sc0tty@ohai.social
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 (DIR) Post #ASdOwJxdEtfTUcXz72 by ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
       2023-02-13T06:35:47Z
       
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       For this of you who like a little tipple in a pub or other licensed venue (which includes restaurants), you likely will already have noticed a growing constraint in your choice of night out... over the last decade the UK has lost around 15% of all licensed premises - last year alone over 500 disappeared (went bust)It looks like support during #lockdown merely paused a longer term trend as our leisure habit continue to shift (towards individual pursuits & drinking at home).
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdOwKUFHdkv7lo1wm by Sc0tty@ohai.social
       2023-02-13T09:15:38Z
       
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       @ChrisMayLA6 Not helped by the general decline in wages for many since Osborne's 2010 austerity policy, they've been working hard to make many of us poorer for quite some time now
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdOwKyjSI8seK4NSy by ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
       2023-02-13T09:26:26Z
       
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       @Sc0tty yup, its an 'effective demand' problem, also
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdOwLXTN7voO4K7cG by Sc0tty@ohai.social
       2023-02-13T09:40:48Z
       
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       @ChrisMayLA6 Sadly, I recall a minority of voices saying, let's not repeat the mistakes of the 1930s where cuts led, eventually, to the rise of fascism... plus ca change