Pub Possibly 1000 Years Old Gets Crushed by Government’s New Grip – Opinion

The world has been changed by COVID, or governments at the very least.

Over the course of the pandemic, we’ve seen myriad things taken away — indoor dining, close-quartered gatherings, elective surgeries, and the right to go to the park without being buzzed by drones.

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It’s been two years of death, in various ways.

Amid the rubble of institutional mandates lie a lot of people’s livelihoods. Many businesses that once prospered are now in disarray.

You can also add a pub to this list.

According to The Washington Post: Ye Old Fighting Cocks closed.

That might appear as minor news, but the St. Albans establishment is purportedly the country’s oldest of its kind.

In fact, the bar may have been built as early as the year 793 — long before the United Kingdom existed.

Its persistence is an ominous reminder of the changes that have occurred. It has been unimpaired by power seats for at least 1,229 decades.

Government seems to be open to new methods of dealing with disaster. Some would assert that method is “create more disaster.”

The Daily Wire has compiled a list of non-administrative world-threatening threats that Ye Old Fighting Cocks could have survived.

[T]he other natural disasters…[include]Famines (1315-1317; 1623-1624; 1740-1741), 1816, 1625, 1665-1666), bubonic Plague (1562, 1592–93, 1603, 1553, 1592-93), 1563, 1592–93, 1603, 16003, 1625 and 1665-1666), flu pandemics, epidemics (1557-1747, 1775-1776), 1847-1848. 1889-1890. 1918. 1957-1958. 1968-1970. 2009-). Smallpox (1870.

During that time, civilization was also subject to depressions and wars.

But then, Ye Old COVID-19.

The Post

[H]ardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic mean the pub — which Guinness World Records has reportedly called England’s oldest, though others contest that title — is shutting its doors.

In 2012, its lease was taken over by Christo Tofalli, who says governmental health restrictions have killed the business’s ability to support itself.

Christo called the Christmas season a “last chance.”

“Like much of the hospitality industry,” the Post relays, Ye Old Fighting Cocks was “hit particularly hard by lockdowns, social distancing and capacity restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of the virus.”

With the omicron variant’s spread keeping people home, he said there wasn’t a strong enough surge of customers to make up the shortfall — even though the government in its December restrictions did not close pubs and carved out an exception to rules for wearing masks indoors for hospitality venues.

The pub was among hundreds that have been declared insolvent.

Courtesy of Christo’s February 4th Facebook announcement:

Together with my team, we have done everything possible to ensure that the pub continues its operations. These past 2 years have not been normal for the hospitality sector and have beaten all who worked hard to make sure that this award-winning pub continues trading well into the future. …

[T]We had no protection from the Covid-19 pandemic, which was devastating. As a result, we were unable meet our financial obligations when due. This created periods of uncertainty and stress for those who work for and with the pub.

“It goes without saying I am heartbroken,” he added.

But there’s still hope.

The Post

Mitchells & Butlers, one of the largest operators of restaurants, bars and pubs in Britain, said in a statement to The Post: “We can confirm that sadly our tenants at Ye Old Fighting Cocks have appointed administrators [for the insolvency process] but can reassure locals that this is not the end for the pub.”

“We are currently exploring all opportunities for the site’s future,” it said.

As for the pub’s exact age, CNN reports Guinness once logged it as the UK’s oldest. That record is currently inactive, as its beginning can’t be conclusively determined.

If the establishment does not flourish again, it is possible that Ye Old Fighting Cocks will be blamed for their demise. They were similar to cocks in the way they treated those who held power.

Let me be very clear: They proved that they were the ones ruling.

It’s par for the course, as society continues its path to full-on Animal Farm.

All animals have the same rights
But some animals are more equal than others…

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