A Chilling Effect

British publicans stand to lose £250 million a year in the face of the European Union's proposed ban on outdoor heaters.

I'm beginning to suspect that not only is the EU an anti-democratic, totalitarian regime, but that it's also stocked with crypto-temperance crusaders.

Time, Gentlemen, Please

Fancy a pint? Be prepared to drink it out of a cheap plastic beaker rather than a proper glass. Thoughtpolice in Bournemouth, Reading, Newport, Northampton, Fareham, Ilford and Daventry (with at least another thirty towns and cities to follow) are pushing to have glasses banned from pubs on the grounds of "safety."

Quite right. Can't have nasty, potentially sharp things in the hands of proles and Outer Party members the people.

They might get ideas.