Pub has been shut for ages now hasnt it...not much point in protesting against something if the alternative is just a building sat their unused and empty. Probably only a matter of time before it was broken into, vandalised etc.
The protests against Tesco were all a bit pointless as well...the pub hadnt been busy in ages yet all these people didnt want it changing to a shop. If all of them used the pub a bit more then it wouldnt have been in the position where it was under threat to start with. Pub company wouldnt shut a pub that is making money.