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From The Independent:

Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, public health minister Andrew Gwynne said the government is considering “tightening up the hours of operation” of bars and pubs as part of an attempt to improve health and combat anti-social behaviour.

But a Department for Health spokesman said: “This is categorically untrue.”

  • 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    but at least it’s not a terrible idea in theory.

    Anything done under the auspice of combating anti-social-behaviours the way the dismal isles understand is unequivocally bad