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With the hiding of tobacco products (no doubt to be followed by plain packing); minimum pricing on alcohol (no doubt to be followed by measures similar to those enacted against tabacco); the new idea...
View ArticleA drink free university?
University. A place to study and – in many, many cases – a place where you find yourself drinking until your liver begs for mercy. Of course, you don’t have to but many do and probably every campus in...
View ArticleThe enemy has another face
Meet Councillor John Butcher, a Conservative member of Surrey County Council and the latest little Hitler to emerge from the cesspit which the health fascists inhabit. Cllr Butcher believes that if you...
View ArticleProhibition in Australia
With the ink barely dry on the High Court ruling confirming that their national government can suppress any intellectual property that they disagree with, politicians in the Australian state of...
View ArticleCrawling out of the woodwork
Australia’s crusade to make their country more attractive to smugglers whilst trying to stop people using the product of the tobacco plant continues with the news that, as of now, people entering the...
View ArticlePass the bottle
According to the clowns at fake charity Alcohol Concern, today marks that start of Alcohol Awareness Week. As a responsible drinker, I consider it my duty to be very much aware of how much alcohol I...
View ArticleDrink-uary!
The revelry is over, the new year finally under way, the hangovers dealt with and the time to reel in the drinking has arrived (although, obviously not, if you have a public holiday on Jan 2nd to get...
View ArticleThis is not just any kerfuffle, it’s an M&S one
The Grand Dame of the British high street has had its fair share of problems over recent years, mostly revolving around lacklustre sales of its womenswear, but on Sunday it found itself at the eye of a...
View ArticleAlcohol Concern: Still a fake charity
The new year brings with it the plaintive sound of the begging bowl being rattled once again by fake-charity Alcohol Concern in the form of Dry January. Personally I have no plans to ever stop drinking...
View ArticleMPs drink ‘to point of oblivion’, official warns
A parliamentary culture of heavy drinking can see MPs “drinking to the point of oblivion” the person responsible for security and keeping order within the Commons has admitted as he faced calls to...
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