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The introduction of 24 hour drinking in this country is a ridiculously daft idea. It will only lead to more trouble and more violence on the streets. With binge drinking running amok, some town centres will probably even become no-go areas at night.
The idea that this idea will lead to a continental style pavement cafe/bar culture where everyone sits around chatting quietly and peacefully, drinking beer or coffee or whatever through the evening and into the night is laughable.
I have experienced real thing in various cities in Europe. It is wonderful to be able to stroll around on an evening among the various bars, cafes and not feel threatened or intimidated by a bunch of thick drunken lager louts.
However, I am afraid the people of the UK are far too immature for this scenario. The British are (or at least a certain portion of them are), dare I say it, too brain dead to behave as civilised as that for more than a minute when there is alcohol around. If they can't drink until they fall over in a pool of vomit then they don't want to know.
Changing the law to allow 24 hour drinking in my opinion, is something that won't work and we will pay dearly for in the long run.
I sometimes feel very ashamed to call myself British. Well like it or not, 24 hour drinking is going to hit the streets, literally.
I would like to know what anyone else thinks about this.
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The answer lies in pro-active policing, severe punishment of offenders, not just ASBOs and a £10 fine, and education of the younger people. The police should be allowed to give troublemakers a crack across the head. Drinking establishments need to be better controlled and 'Happy Hour' type offers banned or restricted, particularly 'all night Happy hours'
If that makes me a 'fascist', then I'm a fascist and proudly so.
Ha ha ha
Its a bit odd though that the Government that gave us 24 hours drinking then turns around and moans that yobs are getting drunk every day,Of course my real gripe is that I can't afford to,and if I could I'd buy myself a newer car!
It just annoys me that there are lots of people out there that complain and object to almost every change that gets proposed.
Now Big Pharma are saying: "Give us back the freedom to flog cheap Heroin and Crack in supermarkets and the world will be all fluffy bunnie-wunnies" will the government listen?
This attempt to drag us all screaming back to pre-Dickensian times in the name of high profits for multi national corporations and higher tax bills for the rest of us who have to deal with the social consequences needs to be opposed more vigourously.
When Sweden sought to control the alcohol problems they were having through imposing a minimum price on products, Big Brewer issued a state whining about how this was empowering criminal gangs. The Government stood their ground and imposed them anyway.
We must not give these corporate expansionists any more gorund. 24 hour drinking should be repealed and a minimum price should be affixed. Let the b----ds squirm and protest, after all they have thousands of pounds worth of self awarded bonuses to fall back on.
Sam
Also if I’m working past midnight I want to go have a quiet drink, because people are so afraid of everything, I’m demoted to either going to a shit night club or drinking tins by the river.
24 hour pubs should be allowed if the company wants too.