Alcohol may be banned nationally...

Here at Westmonster we like alcohol. We can think of few things better than the languid conversation that it inspires, or the afternoons that we've wasted in beer gardens amongst the beer redolent spillage of our more inebriated friends and their cigarette smoke. And what about that special rummy brand of halitosis? Would summer really be summer without it?

Sometimes we even like drinking in public. Few things are more refined than a refreshing can of Special Brew down at the bus stop. Or what about a discount bottle of Tesco's red under the pale moonlight? Drunken contemplation of some graffiti-clad park bench to remind you that you're truly living, that Judy is a fat slag, and that Wazza bonked Bozza? Yes please..

How about a nice cup of tea with a well slipped mickey in it down the local caff? Would the English still be the English without any of these long-established proclivities?

It looks like we soon might have to be...

The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced that she has plans to introduce a national ban of public drinking. It is a move very similar to the one that London Mayor Boris Johnson is to introduce in order to decrease the number of alcohol related instances of street violence in the capital.

There is no word as to whether or not the plan is a definite one, but it you should be warned to get as much down your neck whilst you still can. A quote buried in an article at The Guardian says that:

She [Smith] also raised the prospect of a country-wide ban on drinking alcohol on public transport as part of wider talks with transport operators on tackling antisocial behaviour.

The London ban begins on June 1st, which probably means that you can expect an influx in the amount of drunk people in the streets on May 31st to celebrate the occasion.

Written by Oli Anderson on 9 May 2008 5:22 PM. There are 0 comments so far. Permalink