“Manchester has fallen,” reads a tweet that has been viewed more than a million times. In the video attached, a man who goes by the Schooner Scorer (@schoonerscorer) downs a two-thirds pint and gasps a half-arsed review to a cameraman who moves like he’s broken the seal. Believe it or not, this is the shtick that’s earned him hundreds of thousands of followers (350,000 and counting) and millions of views.
“This is why I never want to move to London,” reads one reaction. The association stings, but it’s true: Schooner and his fellow influencers are a blight on the London pub scene, and time is running out to stop them.
