Would The Last Publican To Leave 'Great' Britain Please Switch The Lights Out....

Sometimes you have to wonder why people do what they do - like, for example, take on a pub tenancy. For they are entering into the shadowy world of the 'Pubco', and, admittedly with their eyes open (but temporarily blinded by 'promises'), a very weird business world indeed. A world where you are forced to buy product (ie beer, cider, etc) at very high prices, a world where if you do well your rent is put up accordingly, and now seemingly a world where falling beer sales mean your rent must go up to cover the shortfall in income to the pubco. You don't need to be Carol Vorderman to see that if your income goes down, a rent rise, sorry hike, is the last thing you need...

But if you run a pub in Islington, it might just get even worse... Now I beleive the pub should be a major part of the community - of EVERY community, and pubs do more than just sell alcohol (I don't recall ever seeing a pub that offered more beers than soft drinks, for example). So they should do everything they can to play this role, and avoid being a thorn in side of their community. But if they are a problem, it's only when they have customers behaving badly. These customer will invariably be part of that community as well. Do they too then not have the same obligation? Apparently not. Probably against their 'human rights' to behave in an orderly & respectful fashion. But in Islington, one of the many things pubs will be forced to do is remind their customers that urinating in the street is an offence. On the face of it, no civilised member of society would condone on or off-street pissing in built up areas (although it is OK for dogs to do it...). But look deeper - if the pub is responsible for passing this message on, then it is possible they could then be blamed if it doesn't get through. Looking further in, the guilty individuals are more likely to be younger than older (unless of course it's Bournemouth, Gateway To The Incontinent), so therefore it is reasonable to assume they were educated in Islington. In which case, it begs the question, why the hell Islington council doesn't teach basic manners at school?

Or is that too against Human Rights....