“David Cameron is seriously misguided“
Not my words (as you might have expected) but those of British Retail Consortium food director, Andrew Opie
What’s he on about? – the UK Government’s plan to introduce a minimum selling price for alcohol in England and Wales
Mr Cameron thinks by making alcohol more expensive, this will curb binge drinking and end the sight of drunken louts in town centres of an evening
See – http://tinyurl.com/6r4f4a8
[Hhmm, I think retailers in Scotland will do a roaring trade as hordes of folk in England and Wales make a run across the border to stock up on cheap booze denied them at home]




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