Norfolk Police show that new drink laws are a success

I note all the doom merchants claiming our streets will be full of violent drunked yobs 24 hours a day have gone silent in recent months following the successful introduction of extended opening hours for pubs and clubs.

Now Norfolk police claim to have seen a fall of 9% in violence agains the person, which the relate and link directly to the new opening hours.

I was out with the police in Fakenham a few months before the change in opening hours, and they said what a nightmare it was to police pubs from 11-12 in the evening when hundreds of people leave at the same time, with resulting arguments, violance and petty vandalism.

For once, the government deserve praise for having the sense to be brave enough to ignore the domm merchants and introduce these new opening hours.