by MONITOR
IT is always good advice that if you find yourself in a hole you should stop digging; there may be times, however, when the hole is already so deep that there is no chance of getting out of it whatever you do. That seems to be situation that the British government has got itself into over the extension of licensing laws. A poll of 1'500 adults published yesterday showed a 62-34 per cent majority against the proposals; more important, with a single exception, no matter how those questioned were broken down by political allegiances, age groups or gender the result came out the same. Labour supporters were less hostile to the new law but still opposed it by 53 to 43 per cent. The single and telling exception was that the 18-24-years-old group supported longer drinking hours by 51 to 47 per cent. That outcome will reinforce the belief of many people that the new arrangement will increase rowdyism and worse in the streets late at night and in the early hours, although there is some encouragement to be found in the fact that the margin in favour was so slight.
A DEEP HOLE
07/09/2005 00:00
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