> > > > Just to expand on this, and to take it a bit more > seriously, I'm not > > aware of any restrictions on drinking outdoors in public > places in the UK. > > Specifically banned in many places in the northeast of > England due to high levels of drink-fuelled crime, especially > under-age drinking. The ban and associated regulations give > the Police specific powers to deal with the problem on the > spot. Usually, but not solely, confined to central-city areas. >
Under-age drinking is illegal outdoors under all circumstances. The powers to deal with public nuisance and so on already exist - there's no need for anything additional to target drinking. It's just social engineering and pandering to the readership of the Daily Mail. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
