Blair bastard wants to ban street drinking!
paul_...@my-deja.com
BBC and ITN news about the latest Queen's Speech.
I've had enough crap out of this bastard government and this is the
last straw!
I particularly like drinking in the street while I get on with other
things, such as shopping and travelling to a night out, but this
doesn't mean that I cause trouble at the same time. People who cause
trouble while drinking do so because they were going to cause trouble
anyway, not because of the drink. All drink does is bring out the inner
self.
Tony Blair's evil plan is a severe infringement of civil liberties and
wouldn't be allowed if Britain had a constitution, but as we all know
there isn't one, so they just make it up as they go along!
For me, drinking while browsing or shopping is all part of the
experience, but if I went into a pub instead, I'd be paying 50%-100%
more (which I can't really afford) and I couldn't do any shopping while
I was there. When I go to a night out I need to be as relaxed and
extroverted as possible, which is why I drink on the way there.
This is just another example of "new" Labour's Tory policies. The
Tories were the first ones to attack drinkers' rights. This seems to be
the reason why there are notices up in various places saying it's a
criminal offence to drink alcohol in a particular street or park.
Various people are homeless thanks to this government, so exactly where
are *they* supposed to drink, so they can drown their sorrows? I was
nearly one of them, as Blair's continuation of Jobseeker's Allowance
(JSA) eventually made me homeless (long story) and now I'm staying with
a relative in the middle of nowhere, thanks to the Pig wankers who
wouldn't lift a finger to prevent an illegal eviction. My ex landlord
may now be forced to pay me about £20,000 and sell his flat to do it.
What's needed now is a series of drinkers' rights protests. These could
start in places where drinking is *already* banned, such as coaches,
buses, certain roads, DSS offices, certain parks, Sainsbury's and
Woolworth's. A whole load of drinkers would need to be there knocking
it back to make the law unenforceable.
I'm setting up a web site soon to help organise the campaign, but at
the moment I'm not sure what the URL will be. Please carry on
reading this NG for more details and why not set up your own as well?
I'll be avoiding the Pigs were possible. For some time now I've been
staring into the distance and when I see that uniform I think "here's
trouble", then change direction.
Please e-mail replies to me, post or cross post to uk.legal, as I can't
take the time to check all the uk. newsgroups.
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Paul
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Tony Green
>
> Tony Blair wants to ban drinking in the street, according to reports on
> BBC and ITN news about the latest Queen's Speech.
>
> I've had enough crap out of this bastard government and this is the
> last straw!
>
> I particularly like drinking in the street while I get on with other
> things, such as shopping and travelling to a night out, but this
> doesn't mean that I cause trouble at the same time. People who cause
> trouble while drinking do so because they were going to cause trouble
> anyway, not because of the drink. All drink does is bring out the inner
> self.
> I'll be avoiding the Pigs were possible. For some time now I've been
> staring into the distance and when I see that uniform I think "here's
> trouble", then change direction.
>
Seems to me you're just the sort of low-life who shouldn't be allowed to
drink at all, never mind in the street.
A pity your green crayon doesn't show up on usenet...
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Vern
No wonder they are trying to pass this law.
Just listen to yourself
Vern
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Phil Davies
Has anybody else thought that this message might have been a wind up (not
the banning of drinking, the message itself)......
Don't give 'em the satisfaction, I say !!!!
Phil
Keith Simmonds
"Phil Davies" <phil....@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Has anybody else thought that this message might have been a wind up
(not
> the banning of drinking, the message itself)......
Yes, thought so when I first read it :-))
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Keith,
Living and brewing in Cheltenham, U.K.
Take out a *girl* to reply
Andreas Bürgel
> the banning of drinking, the message itself)......
>
> Don't give 'em the satisfaction, I say !!!!
>
> Phil
Oops, now that you mention it ... :-(
Michael O'Reilly
witchtec
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Martin Nike
years now. However, the thing is unpolicable -- the council don't want the
expense of taking people to court, and the police can't see the point in
arresting people this.
They (apparently.) did it originally to get rid of all the drunks in the
city centre (Broadgate in particular -- which has now been built on!) and
stop the problems of rioting/fighting (Which was caused by a huge
recession!).
--
Dr Martin Nike
Coventry, UK
"Nothing, like something, happens anywhere."
Professor Vonroach
<si...@clara.net.NOSPAM> wrote:
>There's been a ban on drinking alcohol in Coventry city centre for over ten
>years now. However, the thing is unpolicable -- the council don't want the
>expense of taking people to court, and the police can't see the point in
>arresting people this.
>
>They (apparently.) did it originally to get rid of all the drunks in the
>city centre (Broadgate in particular -- which has now been built on!) and
>stop the problems of rioting/fighting (Which was caused by a huge
>recession!).
>Dr Martin Nike
>Coventry, UK
>"Nothing, like something, happens anywhere."
True enough, but it seems to happen far more frequently than one would
expect in the UK.
Steven Pampling
Martin Nike <si...@clara.net.NOSPAM> wrote:
> They (apparently.) did it originally to get rid of all the drunks in the
> city centre
Wino's and underage kids, all of whom were getting their booze from off
licences and super markets (notably Sainsbury's).
They were foul mouthed with no apparent brains, often upsetting tourists -
so bad in fact the wino's often objected.
> (Broadgate in particular -- which has now been built on!)
The shopping mall barely extends further than the ruins of the old library
did.
The Godiva statue is the same position it was when the traffic went all
round the blip of green. In good weather we used to lay under it (well just
along side) eating chips to soak up the evenings liquid.
> and stop the problems of rioting/fighting (Which was caused by a huge
> recession!).
That my old son was sod all to do with street drinking. The biggest "event"
occurred on a Friday night in the Bishop Street area when a rowdy mob in
the night club (Pink Parrot) objected to not being served more.(Not in the
least unusual)
A friend and I stood in the Turks Head doorway (across form the chippy) and
watched the surges of police with dustbin lids and counter surges of idiots
lobbing brick ends.
We'd nearly finished our chips before a police inspector spotted us, had a
few chips, rustled up a taxi and sent us home.
"400 riot in city centre" was the headline the following day IIRC.
Strange really, because I don't remember there being that many people
around, and I don't recall seeing anyone apart from the two groups
mentioned.
--
Steve Pampling