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4 Issue 78 / 2015 GUESTLIST guestlist.net Newsflash Too maNy chickeN shops?! abour MP Sadiq Khan made the outrageous statement At an Evening Standard Labour mayoral hustings he told people that "we've got too many chicken shops in our town centres". That's a bloody stupid thing to say because firstly you can never have too much fried chicken, and secondly because he actually spoke at the Chicken Cottage Awards in 2012. Awks. aNTi-police posTers reTurN Posters are part of a stunt organised by STRIKE! Magazine One poster was put up in a bus shelter right next to Scotland Yard HQ reading "Operation Tiberius uncovered 42 of our senior officers letting criminals get away with murder. For the right price", whilst others were found in Lambeth. The posters feature #ACAB, which stands for All Coppers Are Bastards. shakespeare may have beeN a sToNer A new South African study suggests the bard may have blazed Forensic testing on 400-year-old pipes excavated from his garden in Stratford-Upon-Avon detected cannabis. Francis Thackeray, who was involved in the study, stated that cannabis was a version of 'tabacco' smoked in Elizabethan period, so while we can't prove he sparked up, he could have if he wanted to. The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) reported to BBC's Newsbeat that of the 3144 clubs that existed in 2005, only 1733 remain today. The dramatic drop in numbers has been caused by numerous things including extended pub opening hours, rising popularity of festivals, higher tuition fees, the recession and changes in licensing rules. Ministry of Sound CEO Lohan Presencer believes that combination of these factors have led people to find a different ways to go out. ALMR Chief Executive Kate Nicholls believes that it has become too easy for residents who live close to venues to complain about noise, saying "people want to have their cake and eat it. [If] you want a vibe and to live in a cool area, then you need the other, edgier side of it." The club closures also have a negative impact on youth employment – the venues that the ALMR represents generated 37,000 jobs last year, 80% of which went to 18-24 year olds. Although we reported on a new club opening in London last month, these figures do not look good. As Nicholls stated, many clubs "are gone for good and we're never going to get them back". To enable screen reader support, press shortcut ⌘+Option+Z. To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press shortcut ⌘slash. almosT half The uk's clubs have closed iN 10 years Clubbing in 2015 is in a "challenging place" legalisaTioN of weed may be debaTed iN parliameNT The petition, titled 'Make the production, sale and use of cannabis legal', on the government's official e-petitions site has surpassed the number of signatures needed for a parliamentary debate to be considered. Petitions that amass over 100,000 signatures are "almost always debated". The man who started the petition, James Owen, claims in it "legalising cannabis could bring in £900m in taxes every year, save £400m on policing cannabis and create over 10,000 new jobs." He also argues that cannabis is "a substance safer than alcohol, and has many uses. It is believed to have been used by humans for over 4000 years, being made illegal in the UK in 1925." What do you say to that then Cameron? A petition calling for the legalisation of cannabis in the UK has reached over 150,000 signatures