"Jasbird" > wrote in message
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>>I would agree with the police.
>
> I would disagree with them (nearly always). The police were
> wrong on this one. They predicted a rise in violence and mayhem
> with the deregulation of opening hours.
>
And I thought that their prediction was a load of old baloney but one
month's worth of data doesn't prove anything - one way or the other.

> They are bound to say
> that the DECLINE in violence has nothing to do with the
> deregulation because they will NEVER admit that they are wrong.
>
But they haven't said that. They have said that it is too early to say,
which it is.