And my recommendations for the Campaign for Real Ale are...

CAMRA is about real ale. But this definition is becoming increasingly confusing. Many members will go into a pub and ask 'have you got any beer?' which then causes embarrassment as pubs do serve lager and keg drinks which are of course types of beer. So we need to ask if it's cask! We also need to talk about beer appreciation more so that we are truly recognising great cellarmanship. There has been much talk of people becoming beer sommeliers in Beer magazine; yet they seldom make any reference to CAMRA or make mention of how to become one; truly creating snobbery within its ranks.

Much of our campaigning is about protecting pubs; and for this we do need a wider audience. We need to stop rubbing down these potential members; and recognise that they may like to get involved as pub-goers.

CAMRA has always combined cider within its activities and has greatly helped to promote cider. However, the current organisation of APPLE is a running joke; and these members need to do a lot more campaigning to get cider members active within branches.