I think this legislation is more than stupid. I think it is pernicious. I have yet to understand its point. If it is, as Government says, the cornerstone of its law and order policy, it makes no sense to regulate live music, which causes no law and order issues, and not to regulate live screen football, that does. I have tried repeatedly to get some explanation from Ministers etc to no effect.

I think the only hope left is to get the big players in the music world to give these issues publicity. I know that when I talk to non musicians, who have no axe to grind, they react with disbelief to the controls this legislation imposes on music.