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Burning Issue: Is Scotland taking the fight against its binge drink culture seriously?



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SHONA ROBISON, minister for public health
OUR government's overall goal is a more successful Scotland – a country where everyone has the opportunity to flourish. What is becoming increasingly clear is that alcohol misuse is holding us back and leaving us with a collective hangover that is c...



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Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 28/05/2008 10:52:02
Scotland does not have a "binge-drinking" problem. Period.

The term "binge-drinking" has been re-defined from what it really means (which incidentally IS dangerous) to mean drinking anything more than their stupidly low "recommended daily maximum".

They have now even fudged the figures about how much alcohol is contained in many drinks in order to paint a worse picture.

This is all being done to justify tax increases and to justify the imposition of yet more stupid, restrictive legislation.

Of course, Robison is involved in this. The very same "person" who recently santioned the nazi-state "de-normalisation" of smokers.

Between her and McAskill, Scotland is being turned into the land of "no fun, no freedom, no future". Puritanism happened many, many years ago. Some of the SNP clearly think it should be revived and that Scotland should lead the way.

What I can't understand is how the Scottish electorate couldn't see that by voting in the SNP, they were simply swapping one set of tyrants for another, under a different banner. Why the hell did they not vote Tory and get rid of all these rediculous nanny state politics.

 

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