Have any of you lot ever been in a late night establishment? People do not even drink in them anymore. They get tanked up at home with supermarket deals and then the venues have to deal with it afterwards.

Not really. People don't get drunk at home first, they just get the ball rolling. Even then, it doesn't absolve the establishments of blame.

We need a culture change in the establishments, from one of selling as many drinks as quickly as possible to one that is more responsible.

No licensed venue has to deal with drunks, in fact its illegal for them to "deal" with anyone who is drunk, all they have to do is refuse them admission, easier these days with every club and pub having doormen (the need for which instantly removes them from my "must visit" list).

What happens was perfectly illustrated on last weeks episode of "Bouncers" where the heavy on the gate at one of Jesmonds watering holes was meeting and greeting on a bank holiday monday afternoon and admitted a party of 30-something blokes, most of whom were well blathered, he quoted to camera the fact that if there were only a couple of them he wouldn't have let them in but they didn't have the resources to refuse admission to such a large group and anyway, his boss wouldn't be pleased if he was seen turning away that sort of business.

No, none of us have. Ever. 4.98876953125:5