The legislation itself is of course a problem to be addressed but mainly because the expectation from those who make the legislation is that those who are paid to enforce it, will do so sensibly and that they are impartial.

The LGA Group lobby has shown this not to be the reality. for it was never sensible or impartial for them to interpret the exemption that was the old 'two-in-a-bar' rule, to mean that any form of live music made by more than two people was automatically a licensable performance had had to be paid for or urgently prevented.

Live music has to be taken out of the hands of these vandals who have proved that they only look after their own self-interests, whilst hiding behind fine words about protecting the public.

I am a member of that public and have had no protection from the LGA Group lobby but I and all live music and culture do need protection from them. One can only hope that this Govt will finally provide this protection........