Spot on SJ, that's why so many of them are never totally sober. They just top up each day.

You won't change their habits by altering hours, and late opening is, IMO, likely to make the problem worse by putting pub bingers on the streets at the same time as the night club crowd.

My sympathy is with the police who will have to deal with more trouble at more venues than ever before, within a smaller time slot.

Don T.