Yep, another example of how far Britain has declined. Britain, the mother of the free, has reached its nadir.
Read this story from the Daily Mail, and if you are British, be proud! Some of these photos were taken in Cambridge which should dispel completely the notion that Cambridge is full of intellectuals and scholars. We lived there and it is full of alcoholics and criminals.
New year, same old binge Britain: Arctic weather fails to stop drunken revellers causing chaos on streets of UK
By Andrew Levy
Everyone has their own way of seeing in the New Year.
Hundreds of thousands thronged central London for the traditional firework spectacular, while simultaneous displays entertained revellers across the country.
For the vast majority that, and the company of good friends, was enough.
A girl lies flat on her back in the snow in the middle of a Newcastle road after celebrating the start of 2010
Dragged up by her shoulders, the girl appears totally helpless as a scantily-dressed friend looks on
But for too many others, the name of the game was to drink to the point of oblivion.
The Noughties will be remembered for terrorist attacks, war, recession and the continued rise of binge drinking.
The latter was all too evident on the streets of our cities as young drinkers ushered in a new decade in the only way they seem to know.
For one, the beginning of 2010 came and went face down in a snow-covered street in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Face-off: A bare-chested man in Newcastle gestures to a man in a Santa hat
Three friends unsuccessfully tried to help the paralytic woman, wearing a mini-skirt and heels, to her feet.
Elsewhere in the town, bonhomie was suspended when a man pulled off his shirt to square up to another man wearing a Santa hat.
Step this way, sir: Drunken revellers spill onto the streets of Bristol following a night of partying
Subdued: Police in London restrain a member of the public during the New Year's Eve celebrations
In Cambridge, Territorial Army soldiers from 254 Medical Regiment – some of whom have served in Iraq – set up a tent between 9pm and 4am to take pressure off the local accident and emergency department.
Dozens of partygoers, some unable to stand or speak, had wounds dressed or were hooked up to drips to rehydrate them following violent vomiting.
Crazy night: In the city of Southampton clubbers cling together (left) while a reveller ends up on the wrong side of the law (right)
Helping hand: The TA in a field hospital help a teenage girl with a foot injury in Cambridge
Three women in skimpy outfits were treated for hypothermia after temperatures dropped to -3c.
A temporary A&E room was also set up in Birmingham city centre where volunteer nurses and doctors tried to stem the tide of revellers who would otherwise have gone to hospital.
These scenes unfolded on the same day it emerged Labour’s introduction of 24-hour drinking and the availability of cheap alcohol in supermarkets has seen the cost of treating alcohol-related injuries
and illnesses almost double to £2.7billion.
Excess: A drunken girl in Norwich slumps as police look on (L) and revellers in Cambridge ride in a trolley (R)
Blanket on, shoes on: A reveller in Birmingham sleeps it off in the hospital
Too much: A paramedic helps a young woman in Cardiff who has fallen ill
For the vast majority, however, the new decade was ushered in with widespread jollity, albeit in sub-zero temperatures.
In London the fireworks extravaganza, centred around the London Eye and broadcast live on the
BBC, left 200,000 party-goers agog as Big Ben struck midnight.
Other major events included Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh, where 80,000 braved temperatures of -6c (21f), and Glasgow, where 10,000 packed into George Square.
The scenes of revelry were replicated around the world. In New York the ‘teenies’ were ushered in by hundreds of thousands who packed into Times Square where 3,000lbs of confetti was scattered overhead, including 10,000 handwritten wishes such as appeals for the safe return of troops.
Sydney was treated to fireworks while balloons were released in Tokyo. Paris celebrated by lluminating the Eiffel Tower with a multicoloured light display.
In Rio, about two million crammed into a 2.5-mile stretch of Copacabana beach for a party.
Let's party: In London, some were more focused on fancy dress as 200,000 people took to the streets
High spirits: It was largely good clean fun as the crowds celebrated Hogmanay in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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