After today's lecture we discussed the importance of the community to pub culture. Traditionally there were many working men's pubs where community values and ties were enshrined in this particular setting. The pub can be seen as a place where people meet up as a social "club". It would be interesting to see whether the same cultural values that were traditionally seen to be associated with pub culture still exist through a timeline of photos.
In the run up to the EU elections last year, politicians like Nigel Farage have been seen campaigning in pubs to show that they are sill in touch with the normal person, they still go down to the pub to have a pint of beer and interact with the locals.
In this article written by the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25864207 we can see that many politicians gather to discuss ideas and briefings. This can be because the pub setting is seen as a more informal place, where in comparison to the houses of parliament. The Red Lion is seen as popular pub for politicians, a pub where many important decisions were made. As said in the video Charlie Whelan said The Red Lion was the pub where he told Tony Blair that England were not joining the euro.
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