Pub culture has died, just as the England I remember and loved has died. On a small but notable point, the British government now limits the type of foreigner with whom I can share the buying of rounds. There is no chance of me doing so with a conservative Dutch politician who believes men cannot be women or a distinguished Finnish politician who dared to write a pamphlet consistent with historic Christian principles. Foreigners who hold views like mine and have made them public are no longer welcome in the country. I am thereby unable to go with a friend to one of those pubs that apparently witness to the country’s unchanging vitality. But let us be encouraged: The British government may be unable to act decisively on illegal immigration or on child rape gangs, but it can at least keep out those people who have dared to put into words what almost everyone in England believed until the day before yesterday. Read more»

Carl Trueman | “The Death of Pub Culture” | First Things | September 10, 2026

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