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Welcome to my day: 8 January 2018 – a lifestyle boutique sort of day…

By Mark Valladares | Mon 8th January 2018 - 7:32 am

LDV is brought to you today from Portland, Maine, the home of some of the best small, craft breweries in the United States (these are just some of those that I’ve sampled in the past week or so, and come courtesy of the Maine Brewing Company).

We’re getting back into gear after the Christmas break, and Parliament returns which means another preview of the week ahead in the Lords.

Elsewhere, I’ll be opining on the Toby Young saga, and we may well have an announcement from our Editor-in-Chief.

So, pull up a chair, kick back …

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Casked Crusader battles zombie enterprises over “Great British Pubco Scam”

By Andy Boddington | Wed 16th October 2013 - 1:30 pm

Beer. Don’t you love it? I do.

In the last 40 years, the brewing and pub industry has failed to be a drinker’s best friend. Small brewers built near local monopolies and went national. Prices went up, landlords got poorer, and the beer fouler. A quarter of a century ago, the Beer Orders were launched to breathe new life into our pubs. But the orders led to the loathed zombie pubcos, which have eaten away at the viability and traditions of our locals.

Enter Greg Mulholland, the Lib Dems pub and beer champion – also dubbed the Casked Crusader by the Sun. He took to the floor of the House of Commons on Monday night to continue the his crusade against the pubcos.

Not taking the right action now would be a disaster not only for many pubco publicans and the communities that stand to lose their local pubs, but for the recovering UK economy.