Some press reports suggest Theresa May, the Home Secretary, is planning to introduce legislation to reverse Labour’s disastrous 24 hour drinking law. Not only that, she is going to ban supermarkets selling alcohol below cost price. And if pubs want to open late they will now have to contribute to policing costs ( a quarter of all police overtime is for policing late night drinking).
At last some sense. Since Labour introduced the new law we have experienced unprecedented levels of late night violence in our streets which local councils and the police have been powerless to control. Tony Blair in a fit of total naivety decided that if people could drink whenever they wanted to they would become sensible in their drinking habits - like the French. But history shows that whilst the French have always treated alcohol as just an adjunct to their excellent cuisine, the British have always been drunkards and unable to control their drinking. Letting them drink whenever they wanted to just made matters worse.
So good for Theresa May but it shouldn’t have required a change in Government to reverse this nonsense.
Hi me old Mate
Been away for a few days so just catching up with the old blog . You know what you was on about sickies and that well had me little girls graduation this week so no worries three sickie days did the job . See its a good thing for working blokes like . Anyroad when I come back its so crap down the council what with my new job with Hanging Basket Equality . And you know what its all cause the old Afgans round her got together and reckon that cause of human rights or something they should have hanging baskets paid for by the old council . Well I aint got a problem with that but it means more work for me cause like if they all get a basket then old Eric has to show them how to maintain them and make them as good as the local ones . And mate its a problem what with the poppies what they want to grow in them cause the price of dope round here goes down and that hits the working local bloke . I mean what a shambles and I thought old Dave and Nick were going to sort this lot out .
Now on the booze thats another problem cause like round here we need cheap booze cause we aint got much readies like you blokes in Slagheap . Right now Cider down the local Asda is 49p for 5 litres and I reckon thats pretty pricy so we dont want no prices going up ., I mean I reckon we got human rights too like the old Afgans mate what you reckon
Any way mate gota get down the old boozer now - see you later
Eric
Oh wizzo. How spiffing! As Chairperson of the Slagheap Temperance Society ( and sadly the only member since Des Astor discovered absinthe) I’ve been praying for divine help. And now the Lord of the manor declaring himself anti drink! Praise be! Come on over and take the pledge——together we can ban the evil drink. ( I hear on the side that you’re a bit of a goer—nothing wrong with that. I’m sure we can mix some interesting non alcoholic cocktails together if you get my drift.)