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El Presidente Blair has spoken through his Regina although he told the papers most of it on Sunday.

we won't notice most of it because we'll all be drunk in 24hour pubs, however it appear that people can now be continuously harassed in the new unified courts, charged even more for university or trained for McJobs in schools and give more public money to private companies.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 12:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Aren't we political today (answer no).

The licensing thing is very controversial because it also moves the power to grant licences to local councils leading to de facto zoning of institutions (the same law will allow local councils to restrict your hours to wahtever they see fit so in a residential area maybe 9pm). Also any opening after 10pm - as part of a crack down on anti-social behaviour - will need security of some form = extra expense.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 14:38 (twenty-three years ago)

is pete winding us up here? i suspect so.

― toby (tsg20), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Sellers packs, yippee!!!

Bit late for me though!

― Vicky (Vicky), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Unfortunately not Oby. The licencing WHite Paper gave councils the abilty to set the curfew for any pub at any time - which theoretically means late opening but can also theoretically mean early closing time if you are a draconian borough like, say, Westminster.

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 17:56 (twenty-three years ago)

hey this can become a replay of the film-licensing = outrageous-censorship-no-no-it-limits-censorship argument!!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 13 November 2002 18:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Sellers packs are a red herring, they won't work, what's needed is, seeing as culling estate agents is probably a contravention of their 'human' rights, proper licensing and control of estate agents.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 14 November 2002 11:17 (twenty-three years ago)

That still doesn't solve the problem of buyers and sellers just pulling out of the sale, leaving either the seller at the bottom of the chain with no buyer, or the buyer up to £1000 out of pocket, through no fault of their own.

If sellers packs had surveys that mortgage companies would accept, that would solve problems.

― Vicky (Vicky), Thursday, 14 November 2002 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I doubt mortgage companies would accept any survey commissioned by the the seller or his/her agent. Should move towards the scottish system, where and offer is in affect a contract conditional on the survey coming up to standards and if either party pulls out there is a financial penalty.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 14 November 2002 13:56 (twenty-three years ago)

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