My first comment after months of lurking so please be kind! I love supporting local and independent businesses...BUT where I live in a small suburb of Manchester the local business owners are the ones driving round in Range Rovers, kids at private school and having holidays in the Caribbean 3 times a year (obviously pre-COVID). The people who work at the local Wetherspoons are the ones getting the bus, living from day to day and having a week in Rhyl in a caravan if they’re lucky! I’ve got absolutely nothing against people making a success of themselves but I don’t see a difference in lining a big corporations pockets or the local millionaire just because he owns an ‘independent’ gin bar! We’re not all world beaters, some of us just work at the checkout at massive corporations like Asda or behind the bar at Spoons. I don’t agree with big conglomerates having a monopoly on the market but we can’t deny that they employ a lot more people than the local hipster bar that charges ridiculous prices to have a burger served on a slate or wooden block (just put it on a bleeding plate!!) Neither of them are wrong but I’m not gonna boycott Wetherspoons under the guise of being a liberal or some misplaced morals, some of my mates feed their kids with their Sports Direct wage!