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marmar

(76,985 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 07:58 PM Jul 2020

London pubs reopened and it was 'absolute madness'





London (CNN) — Drunk people can't properly socially distance, a UK police officer warned after finishing a late shift Saturday -- the first day that pubs reopened in England after the coronavirus shutdown.

"A predictably busy night and confirmed what we knew, alcohol and social distancing is not a good combination," tweeted John Apter, national chairman of the Police Federation, a staff association for police in England and Wales.

Apter, who was on duty in the southern England city of Southampton, said he and colleagues had dealt with "happy drunks, angry drunks, fights" and antisocial behavior. "What was crystal clear is that drunk people can't/won't socially distance," he said.

In a post on Twitter, London's Metropolitan Police urged people to "please be responsible, stay safe and follow social distancing and other guidance that has been put in place" as pubs reopened. ....................(more)

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/england-pubs-reopening-police-gbr-intl/index.html




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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
3. No Great War or Blitz, but our Generation (Except for Gen X'ers) is blowing their big challenge
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 08:43 PM
Jul 2020

Seriously all they had to do was sit on their asses at home. They're not being bombed each night or storming the beaches of Normandy.

All they had to do was not go out and socialize.

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