24hr boozing

Is it just me or does this strike anyone else as a daft idea? Here in England it's a royal pain in the hole that you have to drink up at 11 but surely it'd be better to just stay open a couple of hours later than all night. On the one hand Tony & his pals are telling us that we're all ruthless alcoholics and therefore an embarrasing drain on the NHS, we've got ASBO's flying about left, right and centre, cities are groaning under the weight of pissed up lads & ladettes fighting, vomiting and rolling through the streets and now, as if they've suddenly developed a Zaphod Beeblebrox style head, they wanna open all day!