International Law

MPs take on the cistern

By John Hirst

With public lavatories fast disappearing from Britain's High Streets, spending a penny is not as simple as it used to be.

"All too often it involves a cringe-making visit to a pub or a cafe with a big sign outside saying toilets are for customer use only.

"Everybody knows you kind of sneak in, sidle in, looking around and make a beeline for them, hoping nobody will say 'Oi, what do you think you are doing?' as you go in," says Labour MP Phyllis Starkey".

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).