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Steyn Online ^ | 3 Dec 2018 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 12/05/2018 6:36:51 AM PST by Rummyfan

On page 200 of my book After America (personally autographed copies of which make a delightful Christmas gift), in relation to the phenomenon of Yorkshire jihadists ("Eee-oop Allahu Akbar!"), I remarked that England is degenerating into "Somalia with chip shops". It was a cheap joke, but one has to be extremely self-disciplined to eschew the low-hanging savaloy. On recent visits to, say, the East End of London, however, I've noticed that almost all the chip shops are gone.

Gee, I wonder why that is.

So I was thinking of updating my gag to "Somalia with pubs". Alas, too late:

Accrington and its surrounding district have lost 50 of 95 public houses since 2001. But why?

So The Observer's Helen Pidd and Rob Davies and photographer Mark Waugh - that's three people - set off to answer why over a quarter of UK pubs have closed since 2001. The eastern part of Lancashire is second only to Newham in East London in the percentage of shuttered hostelries. What could explain it? Could it be the greed of corporate pub chains? The cost to a landlord of a sports TV subscription? The council business taxes? Or is it perhaps the smoking ban? That's what Basharat Khan blames:

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Basharat Khan, the new proprietor of the Hyndburn Inn, now a halal butcher's


1 posted on 12/05/2018 6:36:51 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Ug !


2 posted on 12/05/2018 6:45:43 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Rummyfan

Why would an American tourist want to go to Western Europe these days?

If you want to enjoy Muslim culture it is far cheaper to spend a month in Libya than London or Paris or Rome.


3 posted on 12/05/2018 6:52:40 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Rummyfan

They’ve been replaced with “Fish and Terror” shops. But they’re all out of fish.


4 posted on 12/05/2018 6:54:31 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter; Chode; Squantos; snooter55; SkyDancer; OldMissileer; Lockbox; ...
Why would an American tourist want to go to Western Europe these days?

If you want to enjoy Muslim culture it is far cheaper to spend a month in Libya than London or Paris or Rome.

In a few years One will be able to do that here in America.

The “i slum its” have used Our Constitutionally protected Freedom of Religion to sneak what is “claimed” to be a religious platform but is REALLY A MURDERIOUS MILITARY CULT TO BE STAGE 1 OF FORCED CONVERSION !!!

NOW STAGE 2 IS JUST STARTING TO HAPPEN WITH THE TAKE OVER AND DESTRUCTION OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

THE RULES ARE BEING CHANGED TO ALLOW THE MURDERIOUS MILITARY CULT TO HAVE THEIR CRAP FORCED ON THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

MARK MY WORDS, NEXT WILL BE THE SENATE.

AFTER THAT WILL BE THE JUDICIARY.

THEN THE PRISON SYSTEM WILL BECOME BEHEADING CENTERS.

AND FOLLOWING WILL BE THE ABOLISHMENT OF ANY OTHER RELIGIONS.

ANYONE NOT DEAD WILL HAVE TO CONVERT TO THE CULT.

AND FINALLY THE WHITE HOUSE.

Anybody care to place a bet the Japanese Society will be after US ?

Our Generation needs to somehow light a fire underneath the younger generations. If We fail America is toast. It will be a hard job to complete due to the political core-wrecked crap that will be slammed back at US. I somewhat fear that it will become CWII.

The “i slum its” have a plan and it works because People are lazy, ignorant and/or stupid !!!

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS

5 posted on 12/05/2018 10:33:13 AM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Rummyfan

I guess I should PING You since it’s Your Thread.


6 posted on 12/05/2018 10:37:24 AM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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