Thanks, nanny
It could be a “good” unintended consequence of the intended action of enforcing legislation on smoking.
Perhaps the reduction in the drink-driving alcohol limit will also lead to even more closures.
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Hide AdCan it be gainsaid that there is a considerable public benefit from government enforcing moral behaviour?
Should city, town or even village centres be “no-go areas” because of alcohol-fuelled “bad” behaviour?
It is debatable whether drinking should be allowed at football matches, on trains, buses and planes. Recognising of course such a view is repugnant to liberals who call it the “nanny state.”
Arguably, upholding by the criminal law public ethical standards is necessary for maintaining the social order.
Ellis Thorpe
Old Chapel Walk
Inverurie