We endeavour to keep a track on what our local MPs are saying regarding pubs, cask beer and alcohol in general. To that end we regularly check their public Twitter accounts for any mention of things relevant to the Campaign.
Sadly, June and early July have been rather quiet in this regard, few MPs seemingly visiting pubs or mentioning real ale. Dan Carden (Liverpool Walton) does return several results, but these relate to his recent revelations of his battle with alcohol problems.

As responsible drinkers, CAMRA members will sympathise with Mr Carden and hope he has overcome his problems. Mr Carden has retweeted posts by the Alcohol Health Alliance UK (@UK_AHA) which mentions a recent from Public Health England about alcohol consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic. It was published on 15 th July 2021. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/alcohol-consumption-and-harm-during-the-covid-19-pandemic The report raises some interesting points such as, despite pubs being closed for 31 weeks during the lockdowns, alcohol consumption increased. Off-licenses and supermarkets sold just over 12.6 million extra litres of alcohol in the financial year 2020/21 compared to 2019/20 (a 24% increase). It appears that beer and cider drinkers are a temperate lot as other drink types are responsible for the increase. In 2020 to 2021, duty-paid wine and spirits increased compared to 2019 to 2020 (+9% and +7% respectively), while cider and beer decreased (-17% and -14% respectively). This should surely tell our elected representatives that the easy availability of cheap alcohol from supermarkets and shops is more of a problem than beer and cider sold in the controlled environment of a pub. Does it also suggest that beer drinkers prefer to socialise safely in pubs and not drink at home?
Peter Dowd (Bootle) has not made any recent comments about pubs or beer but has retweeted a post from a Litherland councillor about being considerate to the locals now that pubs have reopened.