Future of strip clubs in doubt

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Crackdown ... the future of lap dancing clubs is in doubt

LAP dancing clubs face the axe as councils use new hardline laws to strip their towns of the bars.

Town halls across the country are at varying stages of changing the licensing laws to force the clubs to close.

Up to 10 councils have already opted for "nil" policies, which will automatically refuse applications for any new venues.

Deciding factors include proximity to schools, places of worship and residential areas.

Anna van Heeswijk, of the feminist pressure group Object, said: "Putting a nil limit is part of ensuring the safety of women.

It's part of a council's responsibility. It's an issue of local democracy."

In Tower Hill, east London, council chiefs are waiting for the result of a public consultation which proposes that the 11 clubs in the borough are all in unsuitable areas.

Meanwhile, in Leicester three strip joints were denied licences last week.

And in the City of London, the strict rules meant the only club in the area did not apply for a licence.

The Government commissioned a ?100,000 study in October to research the effect of strip clubs on communities.

But Professor Phil Hubbard, of the University of Kent, who is carrying out the study, warned The Times: "The sex industry will never go away.

"Even pressure that's pushed it back has never made it go away.

The fact that people find it distasteful doesn't mean you can criminalise it."

He said that a system was being created for lap dancing clubs under which in "some areas it will be legal and not others".

Up to 300 venues exist in Britain and many opened after a change in the licensing law in 2003 that created a "loophole" allowing clubs to be opened in much the same way as a cafe or karaoke bar, with little recourse.

In 2009 the law rebranded lap dancing, pole dancing and strip clubs as "sex entertainment venues" - similar to sex shops and adult cinemas giving councils new controls.

Enfield Council in North London - which has banned the clubs despite never having had any - passed a motion last month under the slogan "no sex please, we're Enfield" stating that it would not allow any new venues.
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[Johnner]

I wouldn't sweat it,Sex is sex,end of.It ain't going anywhere !!!

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Town halls across the country are at varying stages of changing the licensing laws to force the clubs to close.

Up to 10 councils have already opted for "nil" policies, which will automatically refuse applications for any new venues.

Deciding factors include proximity to schools, places of worship and residential areas.

Anna van Heeswijk, of the feminist pressure group Object, said: "Putting a nil limit is part of ensuring the safety of women.

It's part of a council's responsibility. It's an issue of local democracy."

The Government commissioned a ?100,000 study in October to research the effect of strip clubs on communities.

But Professor Phil Hubbard, of the University of Kent, who is carrying out the study, warned The Times: "The sex industry will never go away.

"Even pressure that's pushed it back has never made it go away.

The fact that people find it distasteful doesn't mean you can criminalise it."

He said that a system was being created for lap dancing clubs under which in "some areas it will be legal and not others".

In 2009 the law rebranded lap dancing, pole dancing and strip clubs as "sex entertainment venues" - similar to sex shops and adult cinemas giving councils new controls.

1) Does that mean this thread has to be closed to new posts?
http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...86/#post633496 - it stinks if it does

2) " schools, places of worship and residential areas." - all about
saving the enviroment no extra carbon foot print traveling from these
places

3) "?100,000 study in October" just think how many DK members, hospitals etc etc that would have funded

4) ""The sex industry" - does the goverment not think about taxing it
to make money?

5) So ok - as long as seprate make there be mens strip clubs - saves
arguments

6) "similar to sex shops and adult cinema" there is at least 3 in M/C
2 on the out skirts. - why not strip club?

Meat

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Anna van Heeswijk, of the feminist pressure group Object, said: "Putting a nil limit is part of ensuring the safety of women.

What world does this b**ch come from?!

Most of these clubs offer a safe working envionment for their employees, as per the health & safety bollocks forced upon us by the EU.
If these clubs close, where will these women find work? Oh yeah!.. out on the street picking up psycho lorry drivers who want to kill them.

Ensuring the safety of women my arse!

[polat]

oyeeeeeeeee sex sex sex fulllll )

[Meat-Head]

Oh yeah!.. out on the street picking up psycho lorry drivers who want to kill them.

Ensuring the safety of women my arse!

OFF TOPIC:-

Like this alcohol stuff - UK goverment puts price up - to stop binge drinking
but the Polish public simply brew their own.

Meat