Was interesting to hear today that all three of the mainstream political party leaders have backed Gingerbreads campaign to remove the stigma of being a lone parents.
Whilst backing this campaign might not be so hard for Labour and the Lib Dems back it shows what a long way the Tories have come from party that was attacking single parents as part of its now infamous back to basics campaign.
Single parents still get a pretty tough time and the Gingerbread Campaign is very welcome and well help in removing some of the stigma that single parents face.
Pubs play a very important role in the community and are as much an asset as post offices the pub industry has been in decline for a number of years factors such as changing lifestyles all are factors however one measure that would help would be a reduction in beer duty.
The Labour Government has recognised many of the challenges that the pub industry faces and John Healey has been appointed Minster of Pubs.
At the Labour Party Conference in Brighton last year I meet with John Mann MP of the All Party Beer Group and the Chief Executive of the Pub Industry Association to raise my concerns at the decline of the pub industry.
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Beers and Burgers
Headed for the annual Norwich Beer Festival today orginal plan was to bike in but rain put pay to that.
As I had to rush for the bus to get into the city missed breakfast so opted for a Big Mac prior to the beer festival.
The queue was massive but well worth the wait first beer to be sampled was Phipps IPA which was very refreshing with a hint of grapefruit.
The 2nd beer to be tried was St Peters Golden brewed in South Elmham in a Brewery founded by marketing guru John Murphy who also owns Plymouth Gin.
3rd beer was Tolly Roger from the Cliff Quay in Ipswich which I first dicovered as a student when studying business in Ipswich.
4th Beer was the Tally Ho another beer from Suffolk but this time up the coast at the delightful town of Southwold it was one of those beers that just slipped down the throat and gave one a warm glowing feeling from the inside.
5th Beer was the Iceni Boadica which I rated as very average and lacking character.
6th Beer was Wolf Ale brewed in Besthorpe between Wymondham and Attlebourgh, was very good indeed with a hoppy sharp taste.
After all that drinking a large appitite had developed so another Big Mac was eaten before briefly seeing Sophie bit of planning of upcoming social activities.
As I had to rush for the bus to get into the city missed breakfast so opted for a Big Mac prior to the beer festival.
The queue was massive but well worth the wait first beer to be sampled was Phipps IPA which was very refreshing with a hint of grapefruit.
The 2nd beer to be tried was St Peters Golden brewed in South Elmham in a Brewery founded by marketing guru John Murphy who also owns Plymouth Gin.
3rd beer was Tolly Roger from the Cliff Quay in Ipswich which I first dicovered as a student when studying business in Ipswich.
4th Beer was the Tally Ho another beer from Suffolk but this time up the coast at the delightful town of Southwold it was one of those beers that just slipped down the throat and gave one a warm glowing feeling from the inside.
5th Beer was the Iceni Boadica which I rated as very average and lacking character.
6th Beer was Wolf Ale brewed in Besthorpe between Wymondham and Attlebourgh, was very good indeed with a hoppy sharp taste.
After all that drinking a large appitite had developed so another Big Mac was eaten before briefly seeing Sophie bit of planning of upcoming social activities.
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