High Street Licensing - Where's our cafe society!!

Now that the World Cup has passed and despite the warnings of the Daily Mail civilisation has not collapsed under the new licensing laws, can we now look at the stupidity that means that town centre pubs cannot put their chairs and tables in the High Street after 7pm in summer months?

If we are to civilise the High Street rather than pander to people who will never use it even if we had the army standing in the High Street (possibly because they are "mean" rather than "scared"), we should be having chairs and tables out later to attract a larger number of people who will inevitably act as eyes and ears rathern then be seen as potnetial criminals.

The many new flat dwellers living in the High Street will start to expect this as well soon.

If you go to many towns now this is normal. Why can't Sutton start thinking about this rather than continuing the stand up and drink culture we are still encouraging, by our current policies.