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European Style Drinking Leads to Chaos in Britain

by The Anglo American | March 3, 2008 at 12:02 pm

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By The Anglo American

The British Government’s experiment with European style liberal drinking hours has failed.
Flying in the face of government denial a British broadsheet newspaper has researched information under the Freedom of information act. .....
...... 56% increase alcohol related incidents. The stockbroker county of Surrey, south of London, saw alcohol related assaults double in this period. Humberside, 1,543%........

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Rachel Nixon

at 12:19 on March 3rd, 2008

TheAngloAmerican, thanks for this. As a Brit myself, in my view a change in the law does not necessarily change people's attitudes to alcohol overnight, or even over several years. One of the reasons I'm glad I left is all the examples of anti-social behaviour you can witness just walking down the street in broad daylight.

(PS: I think you may have some coding issues with your article - that's a very big image at the top!)

The Anglo American

at 14:16 on March 3rd, 2008

Thanks Rachel,

In One high street that I vsited I would estimated the average age was 16. In Chicago it takes just one person to be under 21 for the bar to be closed for the night and their licence would be at risk.

Re coding I have a fix ....delete jpg.!

Amy Judd

at 15:29 on March 3rd, 2008

I remember walking to school from the tube in London in the morning and seeing about two or three people a day get arrested for being drunk and disorderly at 7am! It was shocking really!