End of fixed opening hours...

[Mannginger]

Just watching the queen's speech - apparantly the government are going to abolish fixed opening hours....finally!!

[aww999]

Hooray! Drinks on Liz!

[superflid]

mmmmmmmmm.... , Doc puts me on tablets that mean NO Alcohol, now 24 hr opening, why am I so lucky?

[Podie]

Top banana!

Pint anyone?

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[M@H]

don't mind if I do

[Mannginger]

Don't worry - will probably never happen anyway :cynicalmode: Nanny state won't want a nation of drunkards and pressure-groups will say it will kill too many people, lead to increased time off work etc etc. :endcynicalmode:

Oh yeah - and no time frame was mentioned....

[CarZee]

Ah, but more boozing = more revenue.. also, more boozing = more smoking = more more revenue..

remember a short while ago when they suddenly announced that the recommended limits for alcohol consumption were raised by 7 units a week to 28 & 21?

Hmm..

anyway, the thrust of this is to take the pressure of 11.30pm chuck out away from the police - in principle, flexible opening will allow for people to drink as they want when they want, not jamming 10 pints down your neck before it turns 11 o'clock.. hence less public disorder and fighting.. in principle..

[Mannginger]

I must admit I am in total agreement - and not just because I am a piss...head. In Europe with their extended opening hours they very rarely get anti-social behaviour outside pubs and clubs. I think that when this is introduced, there will be a month or so of complete anarchy as people try to drink for as long as possible, and then it will settle down.

I for one am looking forward to being able to finish the day, go home and eat, relax etc and then go out for a drink past 11:30 if I feel like it - especially in summer, mmm warm summer evenings with a pint in hand at 3 am - lovely

[salty]

It'll be interesting to see how many landlords take up the offer. I doubt if we'll see all pubs open, and pop in on the way into work, but you never know.

On the downside - takes away the need to go to a magistrate to apply for additional opening hours, so more time to persecute us poor motorists (assuming there not taking advantage of the additional opening hours)

Paul

[squirrelz]

Reminds me of the joke where there was a policeman talking about the defendant being drunk as a judge and when the judge says "don't you mean drunk as a lord" he replies "yes m'lord"

[Podie]

Just thought... if this had been in force a few weeks ago, half of us would still be at BTaP!

[pdv6]

CarZee said:anyway, the thrust of this is to take the pressure of 11.30pm chuck out away from the police - in principle, flexible opening will allow for people to drink as they want when they want, not jamming 10 pints down your neck before it turns 11 o'clock.. hence less public disorder and fighting.. in principle..

Totally agree. You're always going to get aggro when all the pubs kick out all at the same time.

[Oi_Oi_Savaloy]

Do you know why we have licensing laws anyway?

For those of you that don't know - they were imposed during WW1 in order to increase efficiencies at the munitions factories (basically stop people drinking and turning up pissed at work where they might have dropped a bomb and blown Ramsgate into 1916 or something ). They were supposedly 'temporary' laws but the govt 'forgot' to repeal them.

Which makes me think; I wonder what sort of piss up they must have had on 31st Dec 1899!



>> Edited by Oi_Oi_Savaloy on Wednesday 13th November 13:32

[johno]

There are significant implications of changing the licensing laws. For my industry essentially it is good news.

For the government (as CZ has indicated) it is even better.

There is 3rd point which which is the policing of city centres etc currently.

They are unable to provide enough resource for this currently with all the demand being placed at specific times. New licensing laws will take that away aswell ......


>> Edited by johno on Wednesday 13th November 13:35

[Size Nine Elm]

Oi_Oi_Savaloy said: Do you know why we have licensing laws anyway?

For those of you that don't know - they were imposed during WW1 in order to increase efficiencies at the munitions factories (basically stop people drinking and turning up pissed at work where they might have dropped a bomb and blown Ramsgate into 1916 or something ). They were supposedly 'temporary' laws but the govt 'forgot' to repeal them.

Which makes me think; I wonder what sort of piss up they must have had on 31st Dec 1899!

Not quite right; Licensing Laws, 1872, under Gladstone... so 1899 wouldn't have been that much fun.

[gopher]

Mannginger said: I must admit I am in total agreement - and not just because I am a piss...head. In Europe with their extended opening hours they very rarely get anti-social behaviour outside pubs and clubs. I think that when this is introduced, there will be a month or so of complete anarchy as people try to drink for as long as possible, and then it will settle down.

I for one am looking forward to being able to finish the day, go home and eat, relax etc and then go out for a drink past 11:30 if I feel like it - especially in summer, mmm warm summer evenings with a pint in hand at 3 am - lovely

Agree - the other thing about most of europe is that beer and wine drinking is legal at 16, plus they give their kids wine with meals etc - drinking just isn't an issue with the yoof because you can do it anyway so no big deal.

[sparkey]

You guys just need to get out of the city a bit more. I live in the Peak District and I've rarely been refused service at my local - definately not before 12:30, and quite often we're still there at 3:00am. Up here the 11:30pm thing basically you need to be in the pub by 11:30pm, or they close the door with all the lucky drinkers inside.

[Fat Bob]

Woohoo!
Just back from the pub!

Thanks, Maam (and you, Tone )