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Rees-Mogg suggests pub-goers enjoy 'yard of ale' to mark lockdown easing [View all]
I initially thought this was a rare good idea from the haunted pencil. Until I considered how few pubs actually have a Yard glass, how much beer would get spilled, the risk of the drinker bringing the contents of his stomach back up and how many people attempting a yard would end up in A&E.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53182194?fbclid=IwAR0I0fafUVl8m7BHPzH0MDNh8Za_a2zi8TUaQEpmOfvlaOYrFyuW4uaeA4o
Pub-goers should "go back to drinking a yard of ale" to mark pubs reopening in England while maintaining social distancing rules, Jacob Rees-Mogg says.
In the Commons, Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith asked Mr Rees-Mogg what could be done to support the reopening of pubs.
The Commons leader replied: "I think there's a very easy answer in pubs and that is people should go back to drinking a yard of ale.
"Because if they drink a yard of ale they will maintain social distancing while enjoying an extra large drink to celebrate the fact that they are back in the pub."
In the Commons, Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith asked Mr Rees-Mogg what could be done to support the reopening of pubs.
The Commons leader replied: "I think there's a very easy answer in pubs and that is people should go back to drinking a yard of ale.
"Because if they drink a yard of ale they will maintain social distancing while enjoying an extra large drink to celebrate the fact that they are back in the pub."
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