May
7
Laaaaaame
May 7, 2008 |
I was excited to hear the “Red” Ken and his Labour party got their arses whipped in the mayoral elections in London earlier this week, but this news kind of saddens me:
Boris Johnson today unveiled plans to ban drinking of alcohol on all the public transport in London, one of his first acts as the capital’s mayor.
Mr Johnson was elected last week on a manifesto commitment to ban drink from the Underground, part of his wider pledge to cut down on violence and anti-social behaviour in public places.
Trams, buses and Docklands Light Railway will also be covered by the ban, which will apply from the start of next month.
After I arrived in London for the first (and only) time I travelled overseas, I took the Underground from Heathrow. The first thing I noticed was a gent drinking a can of beer on the tube train. It was my fist bit of mild culture shock.
In all seriousness, it’s probably a rational approach, though I wonder if it will really do much to drive down crime in London.
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