CONGRATULATIONS to CAMRA - Campaign for Real Ale, which conducted a survey of 2,000 people asking them their thoughts on the continuing number of pub closures.

Their response clearly put the blame on cheap alcohol in supermarkets, high rents and wholesale beer prices, along with high tax and VAT.

Their remarks echo those published in MEP Paul Nuttall’s ‘Last Orders’ book in UKIP’s Save the Pub Campaign.

Philip Griffiths North West President, UKIP