In uk.legal Jasbird > wrote:
> I think even the wingers in news:alt.food.wine will be glad to
> hear this news. Deregulation leads to less crime - the facts
> don't lie.

> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4692016.stm>

> Violence down amid pub law change

> Violent crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales fell
> by 11% at the end of last year, despite longer pub opening hours
> coming in, figures show.


Nothing new... the extension of pub opening times in Scotland proved
this when pub opening limits of 10 pm were changed... in Edinburgh
in some pubs changed to 1am or 2am in some places
.... although I sometimes enjoyed drinking in the Subway in
the Cowgate until 6am and, then afternoon openings were permitted
long before they were in England...