Good points Jude. It will be interesting too, when we see how a Government that signed up to HR legislation, will react when their own new legislation is considered as not to be compatable with this. They should just say oops, thank you and go away and produce new legislation that is compatible. I don't suppose that will happen
somehow, especially with the recent noises about us withdrawing from the ECHR.

And how is any local government body going to be able to utilise the bill as a cash cow ??? Yes the jobsworths will try but I do not see how they can.

Yes they will certainly try and they will justify claims for more money because of their new increased responsibilities, local issues or whatever. But we may not see a local authority 'cash cow' and that is welcome, but I am not sure at all that we will not be seeing a big fat Government 'cash cow' in its place.

Why are the Government saying that brewers would fight including TV sport and broadcast music in the licensing requierment?

Why are they also claiming this requirement to be no disincentive to pubs taking up the entertainment but at the same time, are now intent on removing this burden (which is not of course a burden) from commercial concerts in churches?