FARINGDON, Oxfordshire – Remember when Brexit was gonna fix everything? Yeah, about that... Now, the Old Crown Coaching Inn, like, a million other pubs across the UK, is staring down the barrel of the struggle bus thanks to a triple threat of garbage: woke wage hikes, boomer business rates, and Greta Thunberg's wet dream of unaffordable 'green' energy.

Nick Evans, ex-City trader, thought he could turn this historical pub around, right? Spent £625k buying it, another £625k pimping it out. Now he's sweating over spreadsheets like it's 2008 all over again. Peak irony.

So, the government cranks up the minimum wage. Good intentions, sure, but intentions don't pay the bills. Now Evans is shelling out more dough just to keep the lights on (before they jack up those prices, too!).

Business rates are basically taxes for existing. And they're going UP. So you’re punishing businesses for, what, existing? Make it make sense.

And then there's the Iran situation. Oil prices spiking harder than Snoop Dogg at Coachella. Suddenly, those 'sustainable' ingredients cost more than a house down payment, and keeping the customers warm is gonna require burning money literally. Thanks, globalists!

Evans is straight-up saying he can't raise prices anymore without people noping out. Diageo's raising Guinness prices? Get ready to pay £8 a pint, peasants!

He even wanted to expand, add six rooms. Create JOBS. Now? Forget about it. Construction workers, carpet fitters, handymen – all SOL thanks to virtue-signaling politicians.

Annual revenue's up to £1.4 million, but costs are ballooning like AOC's ego. Ingredients alone are costing £430k and rising. Water bills? £20k. Laundry, cleaning, maintenance? £100k. Rent and insurance? Another £100k. And the energy bill hasn't even hit yet!

The lesson here? Wokeness kills. You can't run a business on good vibes and pronoun pins. You need affordable energy, sane taxes, and a government that doesn't actively try to destroy small businesses in the name of 'social justice'.

This ain't just about pubs, bruh. This is about the entire UK economy. Keep pandering to the Twitterati, and watch the whole thing burn to the ground. Clown world, indeed. 🤡🌎