http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7670006.stm
This article made me titter to myself. It appears that much to our politicians surprise Lap Dancing clubs cause the local constabulary no problems on Friday or Saturday nights. As they were causing no ill effects on the weekend high street, it was deemed necessary to investigate them.
When deciding who to trust with this highly important mission one name rose up ahead of all of all others: Chief Inspector Studd.
After exhaustive investigation, Studd of the Met found that "such clubs were usually "well-run" and had a "high staff ratio to customers"". Unlike many local constabularies which are quite the opposite - perhaps they're all on special assignment at the Spearmint Rhino.
Perhaps my favourite part of the article is at the end.
"The rules, on how close customers can come to the dancers, for example, had proved difficult to enforce. With the best will in the world, when you get into the fine detail of it, as we have tried to do, on a couple of occasions, it's incredibly difficult to try and do that," added Chief Inspector Studd.
I'm just wondering whether Chief Inspector Studd and his officers took the proper health and safety precautions when "getting into the fine detail of it". Perhaps this means that the next time you visit your local lap dancing club and pay one of the young ladies to do what she does you can expect to see Officer Studd in his High-Vis jacket with tape meassure in hand, making the fine detail remains just that.
