Sure we need to apply the rules. And there is no excuse for the miscreant being on zig zag sin the Grassmarket.
But its the Festival, the traffic is backd up everywhere,there is no place to drop off without causing an obstruction. What we need is common sense. We're not getting it from the council or the cops.
Coppery is now about numbers. Chief constables get paid bonuses - there is a move to end this, but not yet. Those bonuses depend on n umbers.
Cops are pulling people up to harvest those numbers.
Through this means the Chief Constables can effectively write their own crime levels on their watch.
This what we want?
And the trade associations address this how?
BTW I called the cops scum for a specific reason. But I'm not going to tell you what that reason is.