The link was initially to the Adam Smith Institute which lead me through to the Fake Charities website....and specifically the page about Alcohol Concern.
Topical, because Scotland are talking about Beer Tariffs in order to ensure that only the rich can binge drink and the poor have to binge once a month. This is, obviously, a much better solution than looking at ways to allow adults to enjoy themselves how they want as long as it's not bothering anyone else.
It turns out that the body that legitimises many of the Governments arguments in this area was formed and is funded by the Government itself. According to the site:
According to its 2007/08 accounts, out of a total income of £903,246, Alcohol Concern received £515,000 (57%) from the Department of Health (£400,000 unrestricted and £115,000 in restricted funds). It received just £4,991 in public donations.Really quite astonishing.
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I agree. There is a self-appointed 'virtuous circle' of the government (dour, Scots Presbyterian?) Alcohol Concern and the BMA who, while professing to care about our welfare, do not understand or care about our culture and history.
We all know there are plenty of existing laws to prevent abuse but the government thinks it will score more points by passing yet more legislation and the police have virtually given up 'ordinary' police work (like catching outlets selling booze illegally) and concentrate on expensive hobby horses like CCTV.
Meanwhile we have the ludicrous situation where the only places to benefit from alcohol tax hikes are the uncontrolled 'Boozer'-type places and our traditional pubs (one of the glories of this country) continue to suffer - hence the ludicrous situation of councillors refusing to sanction roadside signs to country pubs because they 'encourage drink driving'
These people will only be happy when all our pubs are gone.
I'm not sure Councillor if you or Ian understand the proposal.
I understood it was a minimum price on alcohol and rasing the minimum drinking age for purchases not in a pub to 21.
surely this targets teenage binge drinking while encouraging business to go to the pubs.
I'm also continuously disappointed that the wooly sweater brigade wants a subsidy for thier selective economically non viable local boozer at the expense of any sane person who wants to go somewhere that is not filled by hippies singing the wild rover.
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