One need only be on any street on any Thursday, Friday or Sunday night to note that publicans or licensed vintners take no responsibility in that they force alcohol into people and give them as much as they like. The consumers come out of licensed premises onto the streets and sometimes engage in anti-social behaviour or commit public order offences. The publicans are not held responsible for this. It is all well and good to hold to account the person who commits the crime but the licensed vintners and publicans must also take responsibility. I agree that a person full of drink who wants to create chaos in his estate or on his way home should be held to account but licensed vintners and publicans must take responsibility if they are giving alcohol to people who are already intoxicated when they enter their premises. Nobody should tell me this is not happening because it is.

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