In fact, if only real ale, real cider and organic wines were permitted to be sold. I don't say that simply because the first is my preference. There are good reasons why you can't get too rowdy on them and so they encourage the behaviour that they claim to prefer.
but too many high st pubs are owned by high volume low quality teenage booze-a-thon chains and so there isn't a chance that good behaviour could be encouraged or rewarded. keep to the Fen Causeway
a) By staggering closing times in parts of Leeds and Manchester the number of fights at taxi ranks as the night draws to a close went down.
b) Total alcohol consumption did not increase by as much as the hours indicated - rather the same amount of drinking was spread over a longer period, the end of hours scramble was reduced.
The end of the policy is a shame in three ways, IMO:
So Labour introduced it with a series of far-fetched claims that could never come to pass and the failure to reach those heady heights is good enough reason for the tories to repeal.
none of them actually cares if it's a good or bad policy, they just want kudos for doing stuff keep to the Fen Causeway
