Police chiefs such as Chris Allison, commander of Westminster, which has one of the densest concentrations of alcohol licences in Britain, said: "Too much alcohol was being poured down the necks of too many people in too small an area.
They have never felt comfortable with popular culture and they have therefore given those who claim to perpetrate it too much licence... that is the bigger challenge the organisation faces".
The most obvious reason, and one that officials admit to privately, is that the Progressive Conservatives thought the licence plates were giving too much free publicity to the opposition Wildrose Party, which is currently leading in the polls.Danielle Smith, the Wildrose leader, said the party would probably not suffer if the slogan were dropped.
With its view of the bay, its pontoons and its pools, it sounds lovely; and perhaps – though this is my interpretation, not Sheard's – it gives its architect licence not to worry too much about this place, over which, he jokes, he has only "as much control as my wife and kids allow".
But they... have never felt comfortable with popular culture, and they have therefore given those who claim to perpetrate it too much licence…".
But what about the argument that too much of the licence fee goes on hugely paid managers with often dubious jobs?
When operators bought licences to run 3G networks, paying far too much (over $100 billion) for them, a single global standard still seemed a possibility.
The requirement to renew firearms licences every five years takes up far too much valuable police time and creates red tape.
The position at the head of Langdale had improved since the trouble of two years ago and he felt they should steer a course between too much control and too much licence when dealing with the problem of camping.
Funded by the public, the BBC has always had to be careful about redirecting too much money to a single licence-payer.
