Politics

Pimms drinkers back Labour as shandy lovers side with Reform

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has miraculously managed to wrestle Pimms drinkers away from the Conservatives ahead of the General Election, a new poll has found.

The Labour Party now comfortably leads the Tories across almost all drink types, including the much-loved summer drink usually associated with the more well-to-do classes.

Only gin and tonic drinkers back Labour and Conservatives in equal measure, while the sherry quaffers still side with Rishi Sunak’s party by a comfortable margin.

Lager drinkers, meanwhile, have been revealed to be overwhelmingly pro-Labour, as are IPA drinkers and VK lovers.

Reform UK fares best with shandy drinkers, with 23 per cent of pubgoers who like a splash of lemonade in their ale saying they will be voting for the right-wing outfit on July 4th.

Rachel Reeves recently announced a five-point plan to stop pub closures on the campaign trail, accusing the Conservatives over overseeing the shuttering of 10 pubs a week since 2010.

Labour will step in to stop pubs being boarded up by giving communities new right-to-buy powers.

Reeves also gave the strongest hint yet that beer duty could be frozen when, if elected, she unveils her first Budget this autumn.

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Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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