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Britain eases pub rules to curb violence

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From: Daily Breeze
Date: 20040725
Author:Jill Lawless THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON -- The British have always liked their beer.

Medieval English yeomen drank ale rather than water. Englishmen, Daniel Defoe noted in the 18th century, "seldom are good-natur'd, but in drink."

"An Englishman," he wrote, "will fairly Drink as much/As will maintain two families of Dutch."

Unimpressed, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has vowed to crack down on the dark side of drinking, memorably summed up in the T- shirt slogan "A pint and a fight -- a great British night."

Launching a five-year plan to curb anti-social behavior and crime in Britain, the government said this week ...

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