i don’t drink. i gave up when most people are starting, one of the things i can thank my parents for.
i have no problems with people drinking, most of the people i know who drink generally know when to stop, and when they are pissed are happy drunks.
as i am someone who has lots of trouble getting to sleep the idea that pubs might be open much later is an attractive one as it means there is somewhere to go in the early morning that isn’t a club with banging music and young hip clubbers.
it’s about choice.
so why are the tories so against it? they claim it is a law and order thing. they say it is a social thing – longer drinking hours means more binge drinking they say. they say it will lead to more anti-social behaviour and i think if you pressed them they would say that longer drinking hours is going to lead to a growth of satanism and was responsible for the sinking of the titanic.
as i understand it – the 24 hour licensing law is not compulsory and most pubs will probably close at their usual hour or maybe just a bit later. the fact that you have longer to drink will mean you will not rush to finish of a few drinks before last orders (and as the child of alcoholics i know that binge drinking takes place just as much in the comfort of the home as it does in the pubs).
plus those pesky teenagers who are binge drinking and being anti-social are generally doing it in clubs that are already open late.
for all their chatter about allowing people to have choice, for all their picking on new labour for being a nanny state: the moment that new labour passes a law that
1] allows people to have choice
2] that allows for liberalisation of licensing laws and
3] removes restrictions on the freedom of the people
is the moment that the tories get up in arms and complaining……
me i think that the tories are just a bit miffed that with 24 hour drinking their special little drinking clubs are not special anymore.
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According to my local rag, no pubs in my town have applied for a late licence, which i think is a good thing. Over where my dad lives a few pubs have applied and been accepted for licences until midnight. Personally i don't think there will be much impact either way. When pubs close early people try and drink more to actually get to the state of being drunk, then they can say they had a good night. If bars open later then people still drink more - it's all the same really. I remember when the 11 till 11 drinking came in and there was speculation but that seemed to work ok. As a nation I don't think we are ready for too relaxed laws just yet, we can't handle it like out continental neighbours, they go out for a meal and some drinks were we go out generally to get ratted. A recent documentary followed girls out on a night out in Cardiff and Paris, come the end of the night the welsh girls were in a complete mess due to the units of alchohol consumed yet the french girls were all pretty sober yet had been out the same amount of time. Choice is always good, lets hope we can change and adapt. The drinks industry must be rubbing its hands as they part fools and their money even more. Personally come 11pm I've had enough anyway though an extra hour would be welcome at times.
Admit it, you're having a dig at the tories.
yup a dig at the tories.
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