No, Licensing Laws Should Not Be Relaxed For The World Cup....

The licensing laws have already been adjusted for the World Cup.

Each licensed premises (bar/pub/restaurant/hotel) has to inform the local licensing authorities when and how long they will be opening to accommodate matches and pay a fee of £25 for the extension.

Licensing laws are now extremely long and flexible.

My DH is a very big footie fan, he played from age 9-40 and isn’t a loud mouthed idiot.

The stereotypical footie fan from days gone by now no longer exist. My DD is a football fan, played football for a local team in her teams, runs a girls football team in her school and doesn’t even drink alcohol.

The man in question was a loud mouth bully who just happens to like football.

Sadly Padstow13 domestic abuse always rises during big football tournaments and at Christmas, whilst alcohol might play a part, domestic abuse can, and often does, occur when these perpetrators are cold stone sober.

Cossy no one notices the well behaved football fans because the ill behaved ones are so noisy and unpleasant.

Yes Cossy I thought the hours were extended in the pubs already. Saying that I haven’t been in a pub for years.

Being a lifelong non-drinker, I fail to understand why anyone has to drink alcohol to enjoy themselves.
As a teenager I used to love the May Morning celebrations in Oxford, following the Morris dancers around the City. In later years the pubs were allowed to open, which changed the atmosphere completely, and I haven't attended again since then.

I am not teetotal but I have never understood why anyone has to drink alcohol to enjoy themselves. I always enjoyed myself much more if I were sober or had had only one drink, which which still is my drinking pattern. One drink then move over to soft drinks, which I generally prefer.

GrannyGravy13

The licensing laws have already been adjusted for the World Cup.

Each licensed premises (bar/pub/restaurant/hotel) has to inform the local licensing authorities when and how long they will be opening to accommodate matches and pay a fee of £25 for the extension.

Sounds fair enough to me. Honestly, the hospitality industry needs all the help it can get.
20 years ago DD3 at university in Leeds had a part time job in Barça in Headingley where she was living. Given that she was liable for rent beyond the end of the academic year, she was more than happy to stay up for an extra few weeks during, I think the Euros. Once England were out and coming home, the additional bar staff were «let go» and she had to come home and look for a summer job here.
So perhaps there will be extra hours available for pub staff which has to be good all round,

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There aren't the old rigid licencing laws like we had until the nineties. Most pubs can stay open until midnight and some of the chains open at 8am. Thankfully the awful Sunday licencing laws where pubs could only open for 5 1/2 hours a day are long gone.
I'm not a big drinker, but it's nice on a hot day to visit a pub for a drink late in the afternoon, which wasn't possible 40 years ago.