UKIP'S FIGHT TO SAVE OUR PUBS

Nigel Farage speaks about pub closures and the UKIP policy to help beleagured pub landlords.

I can already hear the supporters of the blanket smoking ban crying out that the slaughter in the hospitality industry has nothing to do with it. Yes it does, although there are obviously other factors like high tax and supermarket cheap beer and spirits. But let us not forget we had both before the smoking ban and we did not have the same rate of rapid closures.
The figures for closure are below from 2005 up to 2007. They have risen rapidly ever since and now stand at 52 per wek.
2005: 102, 2006: 216, 2007: 1,409
Even the most pub closure sceptic can't deny that it does seem like something of a strong co-incidence that the closure rate shot up so high with the divisive and discriminatory Health Act's arrival in mid-2007.