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Have you ever actually read the Independent?
My point being that if you think "the Government can always trust a lazy, compliant paper like The Independent to do their bidding" then either
(a) you're an idiot
(b) you've never read it
They've been quite outspoken in their opposition to ID cards, the Iraq war, the anti-terrorism legislation etc iirc
i need my bed ...
£2.5m is absolutely nothing, how much is that per pub? A fiver? It was hardly worth the bother of giving the Police such a stupidly small amount of money.
This is the very paper that's always moaning and crying about not enough bobbies on the beat ffs!
How odious and despicable that worthless rag is...
More controlled drinking, which is good. My favourite is now open an extra hour, and it means the entire pub doesn't try and ram another pint down their throats in ten minutes. It should be up to the landlord when he closes his premises, unless his premises are causing trouble for local residents.
I can't wait for smoking to be totally banned in pubs.
They were supposed to shut at 11. Tell that to a country pub in Cumbria, and they'll laugh at you. The landlord of my old local in Bradford got laughed at when he rang last orders too:D
English can't handle their drink....that's why they're always in the paper, they're not binge drinking...they just can't handle it.
Exactly.
Drtinking quickly makes things worse, but most of the bother is caused by the kiddies who can't handle their beer. That's why Christmas Party season has so much violence- all the people who go out once a year, and can't hack the ale when they do.
Some people could have a fight in an empty room, but that's life.
The law in NI was changed to put the illegal drinking dens (run by the paramilitaries) out of business.