Boris Johnson bans drink on London transport & Tube chan

Newly-elected London mayor Boris Johnson has gone straight intoattack mode and carried out his election pledge to ban boozing fromLondon's public transport system, the BBC reports.

Theblonde Tory bombshell declared: "I firmly believe that if we drive outso-called minor crime then we will be able to get a firm grip on moreserious crime. That's why from 1 June the drinking of alcohol will bebanned from the Tube, tram, bus, and Docklands Light Railway."
Those travelling on overground services will have to suffer pie-eyedfellow commuters for somewhat longer, however, since "Transport forLondon has to apply to the Department for Transport for permission toenforce the bar on the consumption of alcohol" on those routes.
Johnson has found favour with liver-hugging campaigning groupAlcohol Concern. Chief executive Don Shenker endorsed: "Public drinkingand the behaviour sometimes associated with it can, and does, deeplyaffect people's ability to enjoy public spaces. Taking a firm approachto public drinking in this way sends a strong message that publicdrunkenness is socially unacceptable."
The Rail Maritime and Transport Union, though, has expressed doubtsover the cunning plan to restore order in the capital. Its leader BobCrow said: "We are in favour of any measure that will make our members'lives safer and curb anti-social behaviour, but it appears that thisreally hasn't been thought through very well and could well makematters worse. We are being told that it will be our members who willhave to approach people drinking and ask them to stop - but the mayorhasn't asked us what we think.
Crow brilliantly concluded: "Perhaps the mayor will come out withhis underpants on over his trousers like Superman one Saturday to showus how it should be done, and maybe tell a crowd of Liverpool supporters that they can't drink on the train."
We at El Reg have spotted another, non-Scouse-based flaw inthe Johnson scheme to wrest control of the transport infrastructurefrom legless ne'er-do-wells: the London commuting experience is now sonear absolutely intolerable that only Chuck Norris would considerchancing a rush-hour trip on the Northern Line without some form ofmind-numbing beverage on hand.
Our advice to Johnson? Try tackling the "serious crime" of charginglong-suffering passengers three quid to travel 200 yards packed likeveal calves en route to a French slaughterhouse. Prosecution rests.