For anyone who doesn’t follow Aleheads, there’s a really interesting take on the recent increase in beer duty from an American perspective:
I particularly enjoyed the narrative of the discussion held by MP’s making the decision, reminds me exactly of watching the Prime Ministers Parliamentary questions?
HERE, HERE, HERE….
Beersay 
While in the United States many small breweries are opening in UK this phenomenon is still at the beginning. Politicians should support locally sourced drink and food, so they should tax the real ales, heritage of the country