[SoulKiss]

Have to disagree with you there Monkey-boy.

The ban not really aimed at you, but at the people travelling in groups, being loud and intimidating to other travellers.

But as the ban is there, YOU should respect it.

Its like cyclists running red lights, nothing to worry about if you ar a cyclist, but annoying as hell if you are a bystander.

I also agree that the kebab crowd should ALSO be banned.

The tube is a piece of public transport and people SHOULD behave better, that means no MP3 players up so loud that the person next to you can hear it, no eating of food, and no drinking of alcohol.

This should ALSO apply to the buses and where applicable, tubes.

Who should enforce it?

British Transport Police, thats who.

There should be random patrols, with the power to confiscate open bottles/cans/kebabs/burgers, and be able to issue fines and kick you out of the station/bus.

These steps are needed to bring this aspect of society BACK into line, unfortunately it seems that something like this would be required as people have no consideration for others.

If somone doesn't want to be around people who are drinking they should be able to chose that by not going into pubs/clubs, they should not have to also worry about it on the tube.

As for people who are already drunk getting onto the transport system, well as long as they behave, then thats fine, of not - well thats what drunk and disorderly charges/fines are for.

Dont like it?

Then walk.