It’s about time. I could never get over the idea when I was in England that, just as the evening would begin to get interesting, you’d be turfed out of the pub at 11pm. That’s about the time people arrive at he pub in this country, after having a few drinks and a meal with mates at home first.

It will put a lot of those nasty, seedy dank holes they called nightclubs out of business, as no-one will pay the ridiculous ransom they charge to drink after 11pm anymore when they can stay in the pub.

I guess with later shifts, there’ll be much more work available for bar staff. They cannot expect existing staff to fulfil all the longer shifts. Got to be good for the economy.