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The government wanted people to go back to work and to support the hospitality industry but the political imperative was to keep the schools open which prompted Boris to say that in the event of the coronavirus increasing again he would close the pubs before he closed the schools. This was not well received by all of the intended beneficiaries:
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 Although many pubs remain closed many more rose to the occasion even though they had to devise methods to comply with the social distancing requirements which basically meant keeping staff and customers as far apart as possible. Technology was enthusiastically introduced to facilitate continuity of the traditional  functions which have existed in pubs and taverns since the Middle Ages: But it became clear that the pub is not the best setting in which to attempt to master a new technology: But I imagined that some of the more entrepreneurial restaurants might get it right:
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 At last! On July 4 pubs and restaurants were allowed to be open after having  been closed for over three months. Amazingly some were  against such a possibly risky move and campaigned for customers to stay away:
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The really shocking news was when Boris Johnson announced on the evening of the  20th of March that the pubs were to close immediately! If lockdown was justified it would obviously have to include pubs… but the timing! On a Friday evening after a week’s work when the massed thirsts of the country’s workers were about to climax in the nations’ pubs. This was no joke!