A Friend Tells Me That In Belfast Some Bars Are Admitting Regulars...

[sandyRoe]

...by the side door.
Stupidity, and maybe greed, know no bounds.
I said he should phone the police about it. Would you?

[Barmaid]

Yes

[albaqwerty]

yes

[Cloverjo]

Would the police do anything, anyway? They might turn up for a crafty drink, themselves.
I’m sorry to all decent police people, but I’m not impressed by them.
No, I wouldn’t phone the police.

[ichkeria]

I’ve come to the conclusion that large numbers of police are utterly incompetent.
Shockingly so

Perhaps the PSNI are different

[ToraToraTora]

that's the system they used in the "troubles" - only known people were allowed in, bit like the Prohibition US speak easy system.

[Cloverjo]

Me too, Ich. A young lad I know had his car broken into and all his work tools stolen the other day. The police weren’t interested. Shameful.

[Spicerack]

Compo culture will close them.

[ToraToraTora]

these days plods is most interested in trawling Twitface in case someone uses a verboten word or phrase.

[Gromit]

It is very rare to get the Police to arrive promptly at a pub when there is a fracas occurring, and people are getting injured.
So it will be novel, if not very surprising, if they attend to reports of clandestine imbibing.
I doubt it is even happening. Many pubs are also the domestic dwellings of landlords or managers, and they will be moving about their homes.
I have heard similar accusation in my town in England, but they are undoubtedly malicious and false.
Hopefully the Police will have better things to do.

[ummmm]

Depends where you live Gromit.

My uncle and I went to a party in a pub down the road. Got a phone call to say it had kicked off in his pub. We ran over and it was full of police. Town centre pub.

[david small]

In days of yore before there were thought police. The local Bobby would hear a whisper and have a quiet word with the landlord. Those days are gone. Nowadays political expediency dictates policy. Ms Dick of the Met being a shining example. It’s all smoke and mirrors, very little real policing. Shame, some of us deserve better.

[THECORBYLOON]

In England, it's Trading Standards and Environmental Health who'll be checking compliance with the new Regulations.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-plans-to-enforce-closure-of-businesses-and-other-venues--2

[SparklyKid]

NO !!! For Funks Sake. Has the world gone mad.