Dealing With Those Who Appear To Be Drunk And Disorderly

The government sometimes (oh, ok, all the time) seems to forget that there are laws in this country to deal with the anti-social behaviour excessive consumption of alcohol can cause. Taxes, advertising restrictions and minimum prices be damned – they won’t make a blind bit of fucking difference to those who are behaving like arses because they have had too much to drink. The laws of the land are quite clear and offer protection to the public against alleged abusive drinkers.

Maybe there are some people in power who don’t understand what the laws are. So, to clarify, a person who appears to be inebriated can be refused any more alcohol. If that person reacts in a way that others find offensive and threatening, the police can be called and then the apparent drunk can be arrested and charged. Those charges can see the person brought to trial for their actions.

As happened in this case.

And if the Labour government really wants proof that the law can and is enforced they should talk to the defendant in this case. After all, she was a member of that government for eight years…