UK to relax drinking hours for bars - in 2005

[Jasbird]

UK to relax drinking hours for bars.

Government Press-release:
<http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page4111.asp>

BBC Newsnight critical report
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3055548.stm>

BBC Newsnight real audio report:
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram>
To see the report on booze-liberalisation - move the
time counter to 28:50

Aussie press report:

<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6727844%255E401,00.html>

[SBRAY]

"Jasbird" <jasbird#deletethis#@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:lvgogvgf3g3eu60hvohc7vbivqifb2gj18@4ax.com...
> UK to relax drinking hours for bars.
>
> Government Press-release:
> <http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page4111.asp>
>
> BBC Newsnight critical report
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3055548.stm>
>
> BBC Newsnight real audio report:
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram>
> To see the report on booze-liberalisation - move the
> time counter to 28:50
>
> Aussie press report:
>
>
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6727844%255E401,0
0.html>
>

Just in time for the next general election!!!!

S

[Plug]

"George &The Dragon" <george@dragon.ca> wrote in message
news:De3Pa.15114$Tx.699912@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> I'm not sure the drinking hours matter very much.
>
I absolutely agree with you. By extending drinking hours we might find the
numbers of drunken louts roaming the streets will be spread out more evenly
and not make many places no-go areas between 11.15pm and midnight, as at
present.

It is the culture of drinking that is the problem, not the opening hours.

Deb

[debs]

I don't think that licensing laws matter too much. Those that want to drink
to excess will manage that with or without the pubs being open.
In the town where I live they have introduced the by laws forbidding alcohol
in the main streets of the town.......has it stopped
drinking........no.......everyone just moves to the streets where no police
are around. My gripe at the moment is that they have driven the street
drinking into quiet areas of the town and now to get it stopped we have to
call the police. My garden has become a rubbish tip for empty cans and
bottles.
I think I now have more empty alcohol containers in my bin that when I was
drinking.

debs

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"George &The Dragon" <george@dragon.ca> wrote in message
news:De3Pa.15114$Tx.699912@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> I'm not sure the drinking hours matter very much.
>
> When I turned 18 in Scotland, (1963) the pubs opened at 5pm and closed at
> 10. They were also open for a couple of hours at lunchtime. These
> restrictive hours did not curb drinking. It trained a whole generation of
> FAST drinkers. I worked for my father-in-law during summer holidays. He
> closed his shop just before the pubs opened and four or five of us would
> pour into the pub just as the doors were opening. Because there wasn't
much
> time, we ordered a pint and a nip (Scotch) each. Everyone bought a round
no
> matter how many were in the group.
>
> In Canada, where I live now, the bars are open from late morning (around
> 11am I think) till 4am the next morning. If anything there is less
> drunkenness than in Scotland, and Canadians don't drink nearly as fast as
I
> do.
>
> The American experience with prohibition quite effectively showed that
those
> of us who are going to get in trouble will get in trouble no matter what
the
> licensing hours are like.
>
> George
>
>

[Dan Ballance]

my personal experience is that if i could buy booze later into the
night i would do. Getting someone to run to the offie about 10ish
seems a common trick, to get the booze in for later, but my feeling is
that the easier it becomes to organise all night drinking sessions,
the more they will take place.

There may be a reduction in street violence etc (which would be good
of course) but my guess is that we would see an increase in alcohol
abuse. It's unlikely to come down.


On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 16:43:55 GMT, Jasbird
<jasbird#deletethis#@myrealbox.com> wrote:

>UK to relax drinking hours for bars.
>
>Government Press-release:
> <http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page4111.asp>
>
>BBC Newsnight critical report
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3055548.stm>
>
>BBC Newsnight real audio report:
> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram>
> To see the report on booze-liberalisation - move the
> time counter to 28:50
>
>Aussie press report:
>
><http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6727844%255E401,00.html>