So let me get this right....

Currently circuses are stringently inspected and the laws that apply are those regarding Health and Safety (and probably Noise Abatement)and are eminently reasonable and succesful.

Similarly the laws in Scotland regarding entertainment in pubs, use Health and Safety and Noise Regulations to ensure the safety of the public.

But for some reason in England (alone in the world as far as I can gather) the presence of live music - lets say two guitars and a fiddle, requires a panoply of regulations and authorities, whilst Sky TV atracting large unruly crowds eg during the World Cup is unregulated except for the aforementioned H & S and Noise Regs.

And people who are not lobby fodder are happy to defend this? Now I am not anxious to rerun the debates but let us try and remember that which has gone before.

When you hug me mind the catheter.

Dave Eyre
www.collectorsfolk.co.uk