Warning if any of you guys are thinking of visiting Britain I would stay away in November and for a good few months after that.

Pubs can apply to extend their opening hours beyond 11pm from 24 November, in some cases to allow 24-hour drinking.

If any of you guys have had the misfortune of seeing Brits on holiday in Spain and Greece etc you will know what I mean!!

Judge Charles Harris QC said a high proportion of British people become "pugnacious and bellicose" and "fight at the slightest provocation" after drinking.

"Continental-style drinking requires continental-style people - people who sit quietly chatting away at cafe tables."

He said British drinking involved "standing up, shouting at each other in crowded bars, trying to consume gallons of beer at a time".

Rapes and serious assaults will soar if pubs are allowed to open longer, said the Council of Her Majesty's Circuit Judges, which represents 600 judges.
The judges' report stated: "Those who routinely see the consequences of drink-fuelled violence in offences of rape, grievous bodily harm and worse on a daily basis are in no doubt that an escalation of offences of this nature will inevitably be caused by the relaxation of liquor licensing which the government has now authorised."


At the moment pubs are open at these times in England and Wales
Normal pub hours

* Monday to Saturday 11am to 11pm
* Sundays 12am to 10.30pm
* Good Friday 12am to 10.30pm
* Christmas Day 12am to 3pm and then shut until 7pm to 10.30pm