(I don’t agree with the police, just sharing out of frustration.)
Barbara Brownlee, CEO of social housing provider [Soho Housing Association](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/soho-housing-association) said her residents were “worried about the level of noise, the hundreds if not thousands of people streaming around their front doors being sick, kicking off and the rise in crime”.
Man, really shocking Soho has any noise after 9 PM. Who’d knew?
> rise in crime
Well obviously, increasing the number of people and increasing the amount and time they can drink is obviously going to directly increase crime.
Alcohol is a drug and messes with people.
The question is, well the money raised be enough to fund the extra police to deal with it
anything that encourages people stay out later and drink more will be opposed by the police
WHERE IS THE NIGHT CZAR?
Police don’t have the capacity to deal with the extra calls. Relaxing licensing would be good for nightlife, but at the same time its understandable why the police don’t want it,
If you actually look at the proposals all they amount to are *some* of the stricter licensing rules being relaxed, but *only until 2* and *only on the weekend*. But apparently that’s too much for us to be trusted with in London, you wonder how other cities must cope!?
I really question how long London can go on claiming to be a world class city when it has the opening hours of a small town.
London would be better if the Met were more of a crime police and less of a fun police.
Still seem lighter than RBKC wanting to give a the new Roof Top Gardens “members club” 2ft away from a residential area operating hours until 3AM every day of the week. If the Met aren’t fussed about that they shouldn’t be fussed about this. I think if we are going to have councils weighing in and the Met weighing in, etc. there should be a rigid and standardised set of criteria to follow otherwise everyone is just winging it based on personal grievances or what they stand to materially gain from any given situation.
I don’t see how it doesn’t make everyones life easier.
For one point A show finishes at 11, I either have to leave at least fifteen minutes before
or I have to spend another £20 on an Uber from one of the bigger stations like half an hour from home.
-A club stays open until 7am, or even half past 4, I just take the first train home.
-Or spend £50/60 on a shitty hotel
Plus it keeps everyone in one location rather than have an inebriated person walk the street, either to be a potential víctim, or perpetrator of crime.
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(I don’t agree with the police, just sharing out of frustration.)
Barbara Brownlee, CEO of social housing provider [Soho Housing Association](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/soho-housing-association) said her residents were “worried about the level of noise, the hundreds if not thousands of people streaming around their front doors being sick, kicking off and the rise in crime”.
Man, really shocking Soho has any noise after 9 PM. Who’d knew?
> rise in crime
Well obviously, increasing the number of people and increasing the amount and time they can drink is obviously going to directly increase crime.
Alcohol is a drug and messes with people.
The question is, well the money raised be enough to fund the extra police to deal with it
anything that encourages people stay out later and drink more will be opposed by the police
WHERE IS THE NIGHT CZAR?
Police don’t have the capacity to deal with the extra calls. Relaxing licensing would be good for nightlife, but at the same time its understandable why the police don’t want it,
If you actually look at the proposals all they amount to are *some* of the stricter licensing rules being relaxed, but *only until 2* and *only on the weekend*. But apparently that’s too much for us to be trusted with in London, you wonder how other cities must cope!?
I really question how long London can go on claiming to be a world class city when it has the opening hours of a small town.
London would be better if the Met were more of a crime police and less of a fun police.
Still seem lighter than RBKC wanting to give a the new Roof Top Gardens “members club” 2ft away from a residential area operating hours until 3AM every day of the week. If the Met aren’t fussed about that they shouldn’t be fussed about this. I think if we are going to have councils weighing in and the Met weighing in, etc. there should be a rigid and standardised set of criteria to follow otherwise everyone is just winging it based on personal grievances or what they stand to materially gain from any given situation.
I don’t see how it doesn’t make everyones life easier.
For one point A show finishes at 11, I either have to leave at least fifteen minutes before
or I have to spend another £20 on an Uber from one of the bigger stations like half an hour from home.
-A club stays open until 7am, or even half past 4, I just take the first train home.
-Or spend £50/60 on a shitty hotel
Plus it keeps everyone in one location rather than have an inebriated person walk the street, either to be a potential víctim, or perpetrator of crime.