Plod wants your pints
The Chief Constable of Merseyside, Bernard Hogan-Howe, says that the rise in violent gun crime in Britain is down to…you guessed it, alcohol.
Howe wants a ban on new off-licences opening, and a return of powers to veto pubs and off-licences – powers his Force lost when the High Court ruled them to be illegal in 2000.
At Channel 4’s Street Weapons Commission in Liverpool yesterday, Hogan-Howe said restrictions on alcohol sales are necessary as part of a “total war on crime”.
Plod is after your pint. Watch out!
And shouldn’t Channel 4 stick to making episodes of Countdown rather than than giving policemen a platform to push forward their political agenda?
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Countdown is part of a capitalist plot. So is Jolly Jokes
Aggers - May 8, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Yes, alcohol is a major contributory factor to violence and crime, but this stupid government and this blinkered authoritarian think that putting up the price of our heritage of real ales will stop it. Vodka is the main culprit. Every drink the piss artists go for contain vodka. Don’t see them ordering a scotch or g & t but shots, wkd’s, red bulls with double vodkas and any other alcopop or ‘quick fix’. Tax that to the hilt and I’ll bet it makes a difference.
jmensa - May 10, 2008 at 10:38 pm