Indeed.
Saw the same guy a few weeks later being chased down the street with a bottle of vodka in his hand by a Tesco's security guard. Just one thing after another for the poor chap.
It's definitely got worse. I used to live in Brighton about 13 years ago and only started working in the city again recently, and it was one of the first things I noticed. I always feel bad saying no, but judging by the amount of northern accents it always seems to me like a lot of them come to...