Well, it's no coincidence IMHO that the increase in drunkenness and loutish behaviour has happened over a period when licencing laws have become more and more relaxed. When I were a lad, I say when I were a lad, back in t'60's, all pubs closed at 10.30pm, yet this kind of loutish behaviour just didn't happen. Surely, if the problem is 'Binge Drinking' caused by pubs not being open long enough, 'Binge Drinking' would have been even more prevalent back then when we had even less time to swill ale and get out of our brains?

The plain, simple, unadorned, yet seemingly invisible (to the govt. that is) truth is that these dickheads don't get pissed by accident because they have to drink their 20 pints too quickly, they get pissed becaused they want to - it's their culture, and extending the hours pubs are open won't change that one iota, they'll still get pissed and they'll still behave like the morons they are.

Which is where I came in, and I'm fed up now. I'm off to the pub......hope they've got plenty of Binge for me to drink. :-)
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