Discussion on Nightlife Venue Decline

So let's look at the facts and by the way they would the stats have literally just been released

so this is perfect timing. 22 to 24 when we look at closed venues in the night time sector when we

look at closed clubs and pubs uh Manchester is shrunk by seven percent, London is shrunk by

almost 12 percent. When we look at the number of clubs and pubs per 10,000 people the places that

beat us we've got Brighton, Bath, Bristol, York, Exeter, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Belfast,

even Stoke-on-Trent has more pubs per person than we do and you have the audacity to sit there

like the meme with the fire around the like the little dog with the cup of tea pretending

everything's fine. It's madness. Stop sitting around the fire saying everything's fine. It is

not. You need to speak to your Labour local councillors, tell them to scrap the table tax,

you need to speak to your government, tell them to reverse the national insurance contributions,

tell them that they need to address business rates and alcohol duty.

When will you do those tangible things?

Thank you. Can I just clarify you did you just call me a dog?

He just said I was like a dog with fire or something. Sitting like the meme of the dog

with fire. Anyway Deputy Mayor it's a cultural reference it was not an accusation. Okay thank

you thank you.