Current law says no - does it need to change?

Interesting question,I voted yes. we have too many restriction's already

Originally posted by John
Current law says no - does it need to change?

No

I think so....

if people want more to drink rather than be out later on the streets let them call at the supermarket on the way home (taxi ticking over outside) and stock up... go home and drink themselves to sleep!!

it has happened to me a few times - gone out...met up with old friends....invited them back to ours....no booze so raided the kids pop and spirits (under the kitchen sink)!!

We have made some great concoctions but would have preferred calling at the supermarket for a crate of beer/box of wine!!

Surely others must agree???!!

I don't think that they should, Imagine if you did have supermarkets that did sell booze out of hours: Think about all the degenerates who hang about on West St outside Tescos begging for money to buy tramp fuel just because they are open outside the normal hours and then sitting about drinking themselves into oblivion on the pavement. I think that British drinking habits are not suited to a relaxation in licensing law - I imagine a different episode of bumfight outside your local shop every night, not too good.

people are more than capable of buying it in advance so the licensing laws achieve nothing with respect to the sale of alcohol. Plus there are the after hours delivery services, however it is that they get around the law.
I think the restriction should be lifted.

I think you should be able to buy whatever you want whenever you want it. Provided the shop staff are happy to work the hours I would like more ordinary shops to stay open to about 9pm, by the time I leave work almost everywhere outside of Meadowhall has shut.

Originally posted by nick2
I would like more ordinary shops to stay open to about 9pm, by the time I leave work almost everywhere outside of Meadowhall has shut.
Yeh, but what about the people who work in those shops, if we take up your suggestion by the time they finish, everything will be shut.

;)

I think it's perfectly reasonable to be able to buy off licence drinks after hours, as long as the purchaser appears to be sober. Selling booze to obviously drunk people will only cause noise and anti social behaviour.
A good idea would be a simple cheap brethalyser test for anyone who wants to buy late booze. If they are within the drink drive limits then they can buy the booze. Of course after hours it would be reasonable to charge 5-10% extra to pay for these facilities.

they should be able to - if you finish work at 4 in the morning and fancy a nice drink before you go to sleep then why shouldnt you be alowed to buy alcohol

But if they did relax the laws what would happen to the forum's booze baron?

I think they should be able to sell alcohol whenever they are open; I don't see what difference it makes what time of day it is. Current restrictions suggest that people should not be drinking at certain times of the day, and haven't moved on in line with todays 24 hour society.

I agree. 24 hour supermarkets have to put a tape over their wine aisle after 10.30pm, but when I'm in there shopping at 1.30 in the morning I can still hear those little buddies calling out:

"Drink me! Drink me!"

Mmmmm, maybe I should cut down a bit.

It's all part of the Government's plan to bring the UK more into line with the rest of Europe...

Which for once I agree with, cos I mean, if the pubs are open 24 hours, it'll possibly lead to less binge drinking as people won't have to worry about "supping up time" and last orders so they'll not drink so much so fast to get to the bar before last orders and then chuck out time.

The only problem I envisage for it would be getting bar staff to work the small hours, especially given the low pay.

I don't see what the problem is with binge drinking - A few years ago it was having a laugh - now its antisocial behaviour!
Any restrictions tends to affect the people who were just having a laugh. Aggressive nob heads will still be aggressive NHs what ever the law says.

Less rerstriction will be a good thing as there will be a more leisurely dispersal of drinkers and less people crammed into a few pubs at the same time. I thought binge drinking is when you get a large amount of booze down you in a short space of time. I'm no maths scholar but even I can see that the way to reduce this problem is to open pubs longer or sell alcohol 24hrs.
If you send a sober camera crew into a city high street on a saturday night you are going to see a few things - but dont blame binge drinking - good old binge drinking. Because its not really binge drinking - when I was at uni we had the 'Pyjama jump' - a few deaths every year - now that, my friends, was binge drinking! I nearly died in the Hallamshire one time - happy days!!

No, no and no again!!

That would be me out of business!!

In theory i would have to agree though as there is obviously a demand for more drinks past pub closing time, hence my business. Places that are already open 24 hours like Spars and Tesco etc. already have staff working and already have security so selling alcohol should be fairly straight forwards for them if they had the licence for it.

I think the problems would start when late night drinkers start to cross over into the times of early morning workers. The 2 may not mix particularly well.

I may be biased but i like it as it is now, go to the pub, go on to a club if you want then if you want more to drink, get in a taxi go home and phone me. I only deliver to a house address hopefully ensuring that the most drunk people in Sheffield are safe in there own homes, not fighting in the street, weeing in peoples gardens or falling in front of taxis.

So to summerise, no. Phone me instead. (07845 408 498.)

-PK-
(The Forum's resident Booze Baron) ;)