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Derek ^ wrote:
U.A.D would appear to be a *very* small problem (If you're not Tony
Blair). A total of 28 offences in the 7 years up to 2003 in the whole
of the Met. police area. An average of 4 per year in the wicked city !
(Not counting Blair's kid)

The problem is that the guvmint brings in all these new laws but there
is so much bureaucracy in actually arresting and prosecuting something
that in many cases the police simply don't.

After the Euan Blair spectacle, in an orgy of over reaction new laws
have been added to the statute book to the effect that it's now
illegal for a parent to buy a glass of wine for their 17 year 51 week,
and 5 day old daughter if they go out for a meal to toast her 18th
birthday 2 days before the event (as we did).

In Scotland IIRC the legal age is 16 for beer, wine, cider or perry
drunk with a meal in a restaurant.

Owain