When did local authorities turn into the fun police?

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Westminster City Council’s ludicrous war against pavement pints is just the latest example of council killjoys losing the plot. The Tory-run council says it wants to crack down on so-called ‘vertical drinking’ in Soho - a ridiculous description for something every Londoner will recognise: groups of people standing outside pubs, pint in hand, after a long day at work.

Who exactly does Westminster Council think it’s helping here? It isn’t the pub-goers, almost all of whom will consider the practise a time-honoured London tradition. And it certainly isn’t the pubs themselves, who are struggling to stay open as it is given their rising cost pressures. Perhaps they think they’re helping local residents? But might I politely........

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