Row over Tory plan to stop Soho pub goers standing up
United Kingdom | Puritans on the march: Westminster Council, the now-Conservative-run local authority that covers London’s most popular drinking spots, has set out its ambition to radically limit “vertical drinking” (drinking while standing up) under a revision of its licensing policies. A consultation document, shared by the Guardian newspaper on 9 August, proposed to either forcing venues to provide a “minimum number of seats at all times” or “requiring sales to be by waiter or waitress service only”.
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