A rural pub is offering free pints to black Labrador owners after a Labour MP bizarrely said the nostalgic ideal of countryside communities with warm ale and dogs is a ‘far-right’ fantasy.
Those turning up to The Trowel and Hammer in Cotton, Suffolk, with their beloved pet on Sunday can expect a free ‘warm’ beer in a deal announced by owners Freddy and Bekkie Vaudrey.
It comes after Nature Minister Jenny Riddell-Carpenter told a fringe event at Labour’s party conference in Liverpool this week she fears the far-Right will battle to weaponise the countryside at the next election.
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