Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Boulevardiers

The government’s ambition to establish a “continental-style cafĂ© culture” in Britain appears, at least in one respect, to have been realised - if not to the extent of making the streets of our towns and cities pleasanter places to be after dark.

Walking this morning down a perishingly cold Victoria Street, I noticed that the open-air tables on the pavement outside a coffee shop were packed. With smokers.

2 comments:

Prasit said...

My goodness they were open that early??

Prasit said...

When asked by one authority member what he would have done if a "risk assessment" had been carried out first, Mr Brunstrom replied: "I would do the same again - the question is the safeguards.

Your Chief Constable Mr Jones.