London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline

Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by Reason077 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:01PM (#23287381)

> "I'll be in the pub by the end of the year."

Some London pubs have already figured out that they can legally sell take away beers in plastic cups. So while you can't sit down inside the pub, everyone stands around in the street outside the pub drinking their "take away" beer.

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by nerfhammer on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:46AM (#23289416)

I've noticed this start to happen in SF. They sell you a drink in a coffee cup with a lid and people stand around on the sidewalk outside. I think it's probably completely illegal, but the opaque cup raises legal barriers to search.

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by chrisseaton on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:51AM (#23289915)

I guess it's likely ok as long as it's an open container - that's how it works in the UK.

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by 0xFF0123 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:50PM (#23287721)

Presumably they have to be off licenses to do that?

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Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline by 2019-nCoV on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:04PM (#23287818)

It's an open container. Entrances to half the pubs in London are, British weather permitting, perpetually encircled with punters, fag and pint in hand.

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