NB I also said in the OP that I'm sure there are loads in Britain, they just haven't been raided.
One issue is that the Irish have a word for this sort of thing, which I think both makes it more likely that they will be set up, and also easier to count them--the operations in London were all very different and harder to summarise.
For the record, I like Ireland and the Irish a lot.
Already posted in the OP. :)
NB I also said in the OP that I'm sure there are loads in Britain, they just haven't been raided.
One issue is that the Irish have a word for this sort of thing, which I think both makes it more likely that they will be set up, and also easier to count them--the operations in London were all very different and harder to summarise.
For the record, I like Ireland and the Irish a lot.