new licensing laws

[mycatis]

Have you heard the cr*p some government idiot is coming out with cocerning pubs being allowed to stay open longer?  They say the way to stop more trouble occuring is to "make alchohol significantly more expensive, this will stop the sort of people who cause the trouble from being able to afford it" EXCUSE ME! so only people on a low income ever cause trouble when they are drunk? and if we can get these oiks to stop drinking everything would be fine, ggrrrr!

[Ding-Dong]

Well it will stop the Chavs revolting - in my town they are the ones that cause the vast majority of the trouble on a Saturday night after getting bladderred on the cheap beer in Wetherspoon's.

[georgit79]

mycatis, that's outrageous. In my experience, it doesn't matter how much you earn- if you're going to be a rowdy binge drinker, you're going to do it no matter how much it costs. I've been smacked in the face in the past by a well-known ex-footballer who'd had one (or twenty) too many, and putting prices up certainly wouldn't affect him.

Some people really do spout bullsh!t sometimes. There is of course the other argument that 24-hour drinking will curb binge drinking, as people won't be in so much of a rush to get bladdered. I tend to side with this theory.

And, if pubs are open 24 hours a day, prices should drop as they'll be making more money overall, don't you think?

[mycatis]

that's exactly how I feel georgit79, bunch of bl**dy snobs

[libertie]

In my home city there is quite a posh street, designer shops etc and a few posh pubs and restaurants that charge an arm and a leg ( 2  G&T's = �9.60 ) and on a Fri/Sat night it's as rowdy there as anywhere else in the city, people being assaulted, throwing up etc etc.........making alcohol more expensive does'nt appear to be much of a deterrent there!!

[Oneeyedvic]

Oh come on....everyone knows if you've got the money you'd stiff coke instead.....

 

 

 

.....and at �1.80 a glass its bloody expensive (and the icecubes keep going up my nose)

[woofgang]

well it hasn't stopped people smoking...

[Gevs1966]

However, the majority of people who cause the majority of the trouble are from a certain social group and they do fall into the lower - average income category.

Don't get me wrong obviously they are not the only ones causing trouble but the stats speak for themselves.

georgit on your topic of prices falling, I doubt that will happen. Longer opening hours will mean increased overheads such as utility bills, staffing, security etc. If they may be selling more units but they will most likely keep their % margin on top therefore keeping prices the same with the usual steady rises over the years.

[Quizmonster]

The quote Mycatis offers above is from a paper published by the Council of Her Majesty's Circuit Judges, so bear in mind that you are here considering "the cr*p from some judicial idiot" not "some government idiot".

[mycatis]

Ah my apologies Quizmonster that is sooo much better and now I'm not at all worried about the people who have the all power, "your life in their hands" Gawd!

[mycatis]

*all the* obviously doh!

[Quizmonster]

Never hurts to stick to the facts, M.

[mycatis]

fair enough Quizmonster :)

[shaz-rla]

I was just about to put a question on this when I spotted yours mycatis!  I can't understand this, in Scotland, Edinburgh to be precise  (where I am from originally) there is 24 hour drinking, what is the problem with this down here?! As you say it definately makes much more sense, if people had a choice as to when they went to the pub and didn't have til 11.00pm (or some places 1.00pm) to get hammered and all fall out at the same time, there wouldn't be a problem - obviously it would be a novelty to begin with but it would soon settle into "the norm".

[butter1]

georgit79, can I ask...who is this well-known footballer???

[Pinotage]

The change in the licensing law means the local council issue alcohol licenses ratherthan magistrates, and its done annualy, not every three years. It will be a lot easier for residents to control drinking hours by pressurising their councillors, than ever before.

If those establishments who get a license for longer hours become the cause of nuisence, then they will lose it.

No-oneminds 24 hour licensing - what we don't like is the noise and anto-social behaviour that a very small number of people cause. Any nuisence in the future will likely result in the restriction or removal of licenses. Already premises are stopping or limiting happy hours and other promotions that encourage excess drinking.

I think it will be interesting...

[georgit79]

Norman Whiteside

[eupraxia]

It isn't only age but social status. Most of those that drink and drive are middle age men with good jobs.

Hubby was nearly knocked off his motorbike by a judge who was plastered at the wheel and well known for boozing and driving. And you know the judge told the police hubby drove into him and . hubby was at the traffic lights waiting for it to turn green.

Guess who the police believed.