Charlie Boy Meynard

All in the line of duty for Shapps

POLITICIANS have a pretty tough life.

Constantly meeting constituents, jeering opposition members, going on pub crawls…

That’s right, MP Grant Shapps (a man after my own heart) took a day out of his busy schedule last week to sample some of the finest watering holes Times Territory has on offer.

The shadow housing minister droped into Hatfield pubs The Woodman and The Airfield before heading onto The White Hart in Welwyn.

However, Grant a devoted member of the WHT’s Save Your Local campaign, was on a noble crusade rather than a booze up.

He chatted to publicans, gauged their anger about crippling tax hikes on beer and filmed a short documentary on the current state of the pub trade.

He told one of our reporters: “Unfortunately we filmed during the day and barely a drop of beer passed my lips.”

“I have been avidly reading and following the WHT campaign and thought it was time to get out and meet some of the people really affected.

“People are really concerned about pubs at the moment and that is shown in the short video.”

Grant’s YouTube mini documentary entitled Save Our Pubs can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTUGfRM67Ok