would be dissuasion. Never have I seen any suggestion that the act of drinking on the tube is contributing to antisocial behaviour; not from tube staff, nor and advertising material on the tube. I'm not sure whether you see it the same way, but every time I see a new ban, it seems like an admission of failure that we were unable to achieve those goals in a better way.

It's been said countless times below, but the real problem is more difficult to tackle: how to handle people who are going to be 'antisocial' down there regardless of whether there's a drink in their hand or whether they downed it at the station. This is more staff: who will cost a wee bit more than a few posters in stations.

I'd suggest this could actually lead to more drunk people on trains: people getting it down before they get on board. No evidence base; terrible policy-making.

i could also take less illegal drugs, and in fact do.

i think not.

and why should i have to pay a much inflated price for my drinks?

we cant afford to get nicely drunk in lodnon.
sorry

but iif you want to get merry, as i know a lot of people do, then it is safer to do it slowly, i'm not suggesting that binge drinking is a good idea, but the slower you drink the safer it is, so causing a situation whereby people feel they only have a short period of time to down their drinks, will result in more people being suddenly much more drunk than they had bargained for half an hour later.

also as an aside, i've seen Boris fail to takle Henley on thames's youth drinking problem, so i'm inclined to think he doesn't have good policies

if you add vodka to a bottle of coke? Surely this is only going to apply to people drinking from cans/bottles of beer, wine, etc. It's not like they can check everyones coke bottles/flasks/whatever.

but its his first change and he has been in the job 2 days. Lets see what else he does.

anyone over the age of 20 who pours spirits into a coke bottle or equivalent needs to have a serious word with themself