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News and Comment February 2022

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8 February (Part 2) - Bexley’s Beer Ban

The Communities Scrutiny Committee meeting went on for another half hour after the e-scooter discussion ended. Incidentally my own sources on that subject say the Home Office instructed the police to go easy on scooter users presumably because they will look rather silly if they are prosecuting them one day but encouraging their use - with conditions one must hope - the next.

Councillor Mabel Ogundayo (Labour, Thamesmead East) asked what happened at King Henry’s School two weeks ago which led to the police restrictions placed on the surrounding area. “Serious violence was involved” but no further information was forthcoming.

Councillor Nicola Taylor said we were three months into the Borough Protection Order, has it had any positive effects?

The Police said it definitely had with close to 80 Prevention Orders issued. 61 Fixed Penalty Notices for street drinking and one for nitrous oxide misuse.

Councillor Caroline Newton was a little bit concerned, especially as Summer approaches, that an impromptu picnic on a park bench with a can of Fosters rather than Fanta will result in a fine by the profit driven Kingdom agents. The answer was that the situation would need close monitoring and justification but an opened can of beer may well have that result.

Maybe all the drinkers will migrate to Lesnes Abbey Park where Bexley Council aims to encourage open air drinking.

 

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