This British institution is not to be trifled with: Six weeks after her failed budget, British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has to give in to a campaign by pub owners. Rows of traditional restaurants had banned their local Labor MPs from entering the premises to highlight the industry’s financial difficulties. The fact that the government is now promising relief exclusively for pubs angers Andy Lennox, the initiator of the stay-at-home order: “This has to apply to the entire catering sector, so we won’t give up.”
