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No, Licensing Laws Should Not Be Relaxed For The World Cup....

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M0nica Mon 08-Jun-26 15:15:46

Cossy no one notices the well behaved football fans because the ill behaved ones are so noisy and unpleasant.

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Cossy Mon 08-Jun-26 13:12:21

Sadly Padstow13 domestic abuse always rises during big football tournaments and at Christmas, whilst alcohol might play a part, domestic abuse can, and often does, occur when these perpetrators are cold stone sober.

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Cossy Mon 08-Jun-26 13:10:21

Licensing laws are now extremely long and flexible.

My DH is a very big footie fan, he played from age 9-40 and isn’t a loud mouthed idiot.

The stereotypical footie fan from days gone by now no longer exist. My DD is a football fan, played football for a local team in her teams, runs a girls football team in her school and doesn’t even drink alcohol.

The man in question was a loud mouth bully who just happens to like football.

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GrannyGravy13 Mon 08-Jun-26 12:59:42

The licensing laws have already been adjusted for the World Cup.

Each licensed premises (bar/pub/restaurant/hotel) has to inform the local licensing authorities when and how long they will be opening to accommodate matches and pay a fee of £25 for the extension.

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Padstow13 Mon 08-Jun-26 12:54:08

.....and if the loud-mouthed boor who shouted down the woman opposing extended drinking hours (on the Jeremy Vine Show) is a typical football worshipping idiot then that's a good case against it.

He constantly interrupted, his voice rising by octaves - Jeremy had to interrupt him to let the female contributor get a word in sideways!

I don't imagine that brute considered that domestic violence incidents mushroom whenever there's a big match, and domestic abuse charities brace themselves when the World Cup comes around.

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