I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?
- Posted on August 7, 2026
- By The Guardian
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I stand to defend vertical drinking. Is a pub that doesn’t allow it a real pub at all?
The time-honoured tradition of standing up with a drink, gossiping and putting the world to rights is under threat. If councillors ban it, we’ll all lose out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
