Ain't no way that the Tories are going to win, that much is obvious. Regarding the licensing I've given all the landlords round here copies of section 177 of the act, and reminded them that they need to 'tick the box' if they wanted Karaoke even. Of course once they get the necessary approval on their Premises Licence and the place has less than 200 people and it's accoustic music, and it's between the hours of 08:00 and 24:00 there's bugger all the council officials can do, so keep pushing the publicans.