The publican does not pay a flat rate, but a percentage on the amount insured.
One can go to the bank or the publican or the grocer to get one's cheque cashed, but all those parties want a commission.
They were loud in their denunciations of the publican.
I can give examples of bookmakers and publicans who are in this position.
They have put themselves on a lofty pedestal, from which they look down on the publicans and sinners in the world beneath them.
I expressly said that the licence of the retail publican and the brewers' licence are on a totally different footing.
There are still outrageous stories, for example, of publicans refusing to serve disabled people and of holiday camps refusing to admit them.
They were always told to keep down prices in the vain hope of persuading other publicans to reduce the price of beer.
