Category archives for: Alcohol

The muddy waters of consent: intoxication

The muddy waters of consent: intoxication

Last week, a jury in Winchester Crown Court found 26 year-old Peter Bacon not guilty of rape.
The ‘victim’, a solicitor in her forties, had claimed she had been raped because she was too drunk to have been able to consent to having sexual intercourse. The following morning, she asked if they’d had sex, before shouting [...]

The Co-operative’s ‘yob-proof’ bottle

The Co-operative’s ‘yob-proof’ bottle

Imagine, if you will, the sight of blood dripping from your face and shattered glass lying across the ground. Imagine, if you will, the pain you are in as you try desperately to stem the bleeding.
I don’t have to imagine – I have been in this situation before, where glass from a shattered bottle of [...]

Save the Great British Pub

Save the Great British Pub

With nearly 6 pubs closing every day, the Conservative Party has launched a campaign to call on the Government to Save the Great British Pub.
For more information, and to sign the petition, head over to Conservatives.com.
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A brief history of law … licensing laws

A brief history of law … licensing laws

It’s official – Simon Reed, vice-chairman of the Police Federation says that 24-hour licensing laws are not working! According to the BBC, Mr Reed told the culture committee that the laws have pushed drink-fuelled violence later into the night.
How dare the government introduce such filthy legislation so as to open up the freedom to buy [...]

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