New pub opening times

[arty7774]

What are your views about the new opening times in pubs and clubs?

[maggie01]

I think it will take time, but hopefully it will stop some of the violence of throwing out time. There won't be any "Time Please"or "Last Orders" therefore people will leave the pub at different times and not drink so much in the few hours they have at night in the pub. It should stagger the time that people drink. It won't happen overnight.

[coyn]

Why shouldn't people who work the afternoon shift (2pm till 10pm) be able to go for a few drinks after work?

Why shouldn't people who work nights be able to do the same?

I used to work shift work 6 nights a week 10pm sunday night till 6am saturday morning, so I only had sat night to go out.

early shift was 6 mornings mon-sat and if you knocked sat you lost your shift allowance for the whole week so friday nights were out.

Late shift was mon -fri 2pm till 10 pm so that week was sat night only.

If people are expected to work these awkward hours they should reasonably expect to be able to go for a few beers after work.

When I was in Chicago we used to call for a beer at 8am most days and I never saw any drunks rolling about at that time.

[damajowi]

when "all day" drinking first started,the expectation was that glassy eyed drunkards would be roaming the streets-this did not happen-except in the initial euphoria of the change,so the new regulations should eventually reflect this.and the financial restraints on us drunkards are still the same.

im just happy not to be living too close to a pub

overall though it is most civilised

[Ding-Dong]

Brilliant - long overdue, our licensing laws were an anachronism.

[funnywebsite]

It's about time they were changed. I go a pub which has a disco on Friday nights and some entertainment on Saturdays and you are just getting into it at 10pm and people are letting their hair down and then suddenly time please, lets have your glasses please. It's about time we were treated as adults. Drunks will be scattering their leaving times so it will stop a load of drunken hooligans roaming the streets in a group at 11.30pm.

[Ding-Dong]

Hear hear, could not agree more if I tried - the number of times it has got to 11pm and I've only really started to 'get into it' is beyond belief - 11pm is just ridiculous

This is long long overdue.