Maybe 30+ years in the Constabulary much of which was as a Road Traffic specialist qualifies me to hold an opinion.
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Well maybe you could have prosecuted the idiot in our incident. But will resprct your position and opinion, sorry for any offence.
I think our weekends as teenagers may have been very different 
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Itās covered by Sec 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Memories of NCO parties after our Friday ATC parade. Getting up for school on the Saturday was fine, it was afternoon games lessons when the hangover finally hit
In what world, even sober, can getting up for school on Saturday be described as āfineā?!
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The world where if you were too hung over you hid under your boater to hope you werenāt noticed.
You got used to it very quickly. It meant we got a lot of extra curricular stuff during the week as lessons were spread over 6 days. Plus really long holidays, they often started before the GCSE/A level exam season was over.
Sadly no boaters though. Head boy was allowed to keep a goat on the school grounds as I discovered in the original 16th century charter when my little brother was appointed. The groundsmen ālovedā having a goat kept on the 1st XV rugby pitch for a week before we gave it back to the farm.
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Hmm. In my urban comprehensive, weād probably have cooked it. Actually there would have been a gang-style fight over which way to cook it.
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Eh?
ā¦ oh yeah forgot youre ccfā¦
School on satā¦no thanks.
Citation needed. (Because, in every school I know of, there is a rumour that the head boy is allowed to grow a beard, have a wife or keep a goat or sheep; or all three; but in no case has that ātraditionā survived actual scrutiny of the facts.) Which school?
Bromsgrove and Felsted allow it - albeit, the latter normally do it via ārent a goatā for photo opportunities rather than keep them on site.
Blundell allows them to have a pig - it was claimed āfolkloreā - but brought it back a few years ago.
Wonder though if itās actually written into the statutes/school rules in either case or just a case of Urban Legend becoming reality.
So it would appear that generally most people have just chosen to ignore the ānewā alcohol rules?
Iāve seen many posts on SM since the introduction that very obviously show alcohol consumption at things like awards nights and dinners etc with cadets present. Ranging from guests obviously having a few, all the way to dining in nights with staff tables full of pint glasses, wine bottle coolers etc etc.
Given how often Iāve seen it, and the fact there has been no reminder for people not to do it, can we assume that thereās been a collective decision to ignore the rules?
I get there is a chance these could all be alcohol free. But from various things Iāve seen, the chances are slim.
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Been at a number of events where those things have been on the table and all have been alcohol free (donāt have the alcohol free red though itās foul. Also anyone found a suitable alternative to port - perhaps some uni food scientists could come up with a synthetic port that tastes the same as part of their dissertation)
As dinners now need formal approval itās a lot more accountable.
Re mixed events where thereās members of the public such as awards evening then common sense kicks in but I donāt think anyone is ignoring the rules.
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Was always a risk when you bring in poorly thought out policy.
Iām currently in the background of the organisation having had Baby Daws so not seen it up close.
But I know the Sector Commander made a point of reminding staff at Remembrance Sunday that they couldnāt have a beer in the legion afterwards, unsurprisingly we ended up the only staff from all the Organisations present who couldnāt have one.
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Currently awaiting a telling off for having a staff meeting at a BBQ on Bank Holiday Monday. As it was BH it was as with all BH a Sqn shutdown so we decided to have an alcohol fuelled BBQ for Staff & Civv Comm meeting. Said OC has given eyes to an inbound Sector Commander visit about alcohol consumption when we should have been at Sqn and the meeting was in his opinion a RAFAC activity. Probably heās upset he wasnāt invited. I await my say!
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Good use of resources / scheduling. If the Sector Cmdr gets the hump, tell him to take a one way walk down the nearest pier (I have an option nearby!)ā¦ 
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