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WREXHAM: Wrexham MPs Martyn Jones Martyn David Jones (born 1 March 1947) is a Labour Party politician in Wales.

Born in Wrexham, he is a microbiologist, and worked at the Wrexham Lager Beer Company before his election to the House of Commons.
 and Ian Lucas Ian Colin Lucas (born 18 September 1960, Gateshead) has been the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Wrexham in the United Kingdom since 2001. Background
He was born and brought up in a council house in Gateshead.
 are calling for a boycott of Carlsberg lager.

They have launched their campaign in protest at brewer Carlsberg-Tetley's closure of the Wrexham Lager Wrexham Lager was a brewery in Wrexham, Wales, UK that produced alcoholic drink for more than 120 years. It closed in 2000 and was mostly demolished between 2002 and 2003. Only the historic building in which brewing started still remains.  Beer Company in April 2000 - and what they see as the company's subsequent failure to sell the site on.

A Commons motion tabled by Mr Jones, Clwyd South MP, yesterday, condemned Carlsberg-Tetley for "18 months of procrastination and obfuscation ob·fus·cate  
tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates
1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . .
" in negotiations with a local company seeking to ensure lager continues to be brewed in the town.
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Publication:South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:Nov 16, 2001
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