Last chance to drink on the tube

champagnesocialist Fri May 30, 2008 at 01:38:03 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

I will be taking alcohol drinks with me when I go out tonight and tomorrow - I dont normally drink during transit but will be doing so because this is my last opportunity so to do.



From Sunday 1 June 2008 drinking of alcohol on the tube and buses in London will be banned by new Tory Mayor Johnson. He believes that by banning alcoholic drinks for the short time of the journey he will tackle drunkeness. And this is from the "freedom loving" Boris


This is a fundamental restriction of our rights to do what we want (ok not a major one but annoying all the same).

Of greater concern is the fact that it will not tackle the problem of drunkeness which is in most cases caused by people who are drunk before getting on the transport (and who can presumably presently be ejected from the tranport/ fined for public order offences if they cause problems). It will also not stop the determined drinkers who will carry on regardless.


For further discussion see http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/printable/5143/

To mark the introduction of this law there are events planned across London this weekend - see http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/may/16/circle.line.cocktail.party 



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Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#1)

by Free Radical on Fri May 30, 2008 at 02:44:29 PM GMT

Will it be Champagne?


Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#2)

by AngryVoter on Fri May 30, 2008 at 05:25:16 PM GMT

"This is a fundamental restriction of our rights to do what we want (ok not a major one but annoying all the same)."

 

How about the millions of CCTV cameras Labour has encouraged?

Various bills such as the Anti-Terror laws that are now going to be placed on fuel protestors and blockaders according to Mr Miliband on the radio a few weeks ago?

 

Don't talk about restriction of genuine social ills like this when Labour's spent 10 years centralizing, CCTVing and generally undermining essential freedoms for all, instead of the few that threaten us, right to silence, habeus corpus and various other bills have been trampled on by Labour. Banning a few drunks from drinking more on the tube and buses, potentially getting violent and using those bottles and weapons pales in comparison. 


Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#4)

by NorthernMonkey on Fri May 30, 2008 at 09:25:11 PM GMT

Why do you have to turn this into 'you're as bad as we are'?

Why can't you just be brave enough to admit that as soon as Johnson got his hands on power he converted back to his natural authoritarian mode?


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Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#3)

by Sensible Comrade on Fri May 30, 2008 at 07:00:01 PM GMT

I support Boris' decision.

Whilst this won't solve anti-social behaviour caused by drunkeness, it could be a useful tool in the fight against it. Plus any measure to try to de-normalise alcohol in a society which has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol is in my opinion a good thing.

The best way to attack Boris Johnson on this is his hypocrisy. He liked to portray himself as a libertarian and criticised Ken for being a fan of the 'nanny state'. Its hard to reconcile those attacks with this being one of his first policy implementations.


Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#5)

by antibloodsports on Sun Jun 01, 2008 at 08:21:05 PM GMT

each of the idiotic morons who were on the tube last night causing mayhem and acting pathetic spoilt brats should be billed for the costs to London Transport, the transport police and so on.

What those pictures do to our image abroad is anyones guess. Imagine if you were a foreign tourist wanting to get back to your hotel after an evening out with your family and you are faced with a bunch of imbeciles causing untold misery, chaos and disruption.

Anyone on here who calls themselves decent and had anything to do with this should hang their heads in shame and grow up. 

 


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Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#6)

by alexhilton on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 04:47:42 PM GMT

I was there, on the tube with a bottle of the cheapest Cava known to man.

I assaulted no-one and disrupted the running of no trains if that is of any help. I even took my little away with me.


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Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#7)

by alexhilton on Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 04:48:05 PM GMT

*Litter


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Re: Last chance to drink on the tube (#8)

by jkitleft on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 02:09:07 PM GMT

I thought they were hilarious. People shouting 'Ken! Ken!' and 'Boris is a w***er' over and over.


I'm sorry but this is pure hyperbole. People act as if there were hundreds of people. From what I have heard there were tens of thousands. The arrests were minimal, the damage also minimal.


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Last chance to drink on the tube | 8 comments (8 topical)