I wrote "mainly"
Well, why did we stop doing that?
"The Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing Bill will encourage a more civilised culture in pubs, bars and restaurants and increase choice for consumers. It will be based on clear objectives—preventing crime; reducing disorder and public nuisance;
ensuring public safety; and protecting children from harm. [...] Most widely trailed, there will be potential for 24-hour opening seven days a week to help minimise, not increase, the public disorder which results from artificially early closing." (
Tessa Jowell as Culture Minister, introducing the change)
The middle of a pandemic is no time to be failing to learn from history by resurrecting old traditions which were abandoned for very good reasons!