UK Strip Clubs Blog

Reading some news this week it looks like, as with most New Labour Legislation, is not quite what it seemed. Taking with one hand and giving with the other. The opposite to the usual where they give first and then take that and more with the other…

The new strip legislation came in April and I have not heard much against, it. Not the apocalypse I personally expected Clubs are still opening. The changes were purely to pander to a few individuals who hate the industry-feministas, religious types and a few other rotters who dont have much fun. It seems Gordon Brown and co have spent all that time and not changed a hell of a lot as far as clubs are concerned. Criminalised dancers might think different of course.

1/ Individual councils still have the ability to overrule objections which we will hear a lot more about about, although it may be linked to money (see below).

2/ Clubs need to pay a hopping £10k a year in renewals and licences. Apart from acknowledging that the industry is strong by slapping that arbitrary price tag on it they have ensured that skint councils will see them as a rather fabulous source of revenue. This might even see a rise in venue numbers when the financial climate changes.

So after the millions of pounds that it will have cost the UK taxpayer to get that useless, unfair bit of legislation through nothing has changed. More loop holes, junk legislation and hot air. The government had to seem as though they were doing something and they did, they had to hand onto a vast wedge of revenue which they have done!