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  1. How will this new Puritanism end? not well I would wager. Nor will it end soon, politicians and media have ceded too much power and influence to the fanatics and been infiltrated by them. They are now in the position of being blackmailed into supporting all demands, regardless of how extreme. Expediency will ensure that nobody critiseses the puritans for fear of being tarred as uncaring, antisocial, sociopathic etc. After all you must think of the children.
    As an aside, The new cancer uk advert for dryathlon does my head in. It even sings about one less sin!, this speaks volumes about how these people view any pleasures they do not approve of.

  2. Right on the button again, Longy! The whole boiling of ’em can take the sex and travel option ASAP. When, oh when, can we hang some of them?

  3. Our ancestors who drank alcohol because the water was unsafe all died of cancer, don’t you know.

  4. Happy New Year to you!

    We smokers said this would happen and did anyone listen?

    You can already see the Drinkaware parasites defiling wine labels and “Do not drink me if you are pregnant” propaganda appearing.

    These pecksniffs will not stop until we are just like them. Vinegar-titted, curtain-twitching offence merchants.

  5. There new guidelines are based on no new clinical trials. Just like the old guidelines. They are plucked out of the air, just like the UK ‘unit’. They are simply the musings of neo-prohibitionist shits in Public Health England. Our darling little unit is 9 grams of ethanol. The US unit is 15 grams. If this was based on science both units would be the same. The chief medical officer is trying to scare people with spurious nonsense since she knows minimum pricing is illegal. Pity Sturgeon hasn’t bowed to the inevitable. I had a glass of cider, two glasses of Cava and a bottle of red last night. I had 3 pints at the pub at lunchtime, with lunch including with my brother and a close friend. I’m still here.

    • VERY small correction.
      The “unit” is a useful measure – it’s (IIRC) 10ml of pure alchohol.
      So, if you drink a pint of 4.3% beer, as I frequently do, I have drunk 568*4.3/1000 = 2.4 units approx
      It is a useful measure in that respect, but, of course the “All booze is bad for you” fucking puritans don’t see it that way, do they?

      If they go on like this, there will be a backlash.
      After all, CAMRA, of which I am a Life member & those 40 000+ members are not going to want these prats ruining their amusements.

  6. I am going to be on the cart for most of this coming year due to the fact that I have to prepare myself to undergo several acts of masochism including a marathon and a half ironman. This is because it is in my interest to stay very fit as I am a diabetic. This is an illness that can really screw you up if you let it, and I don’t intend to.

    The neo-puritans really make me want to hit the bottle again though. Still, I suppose I am helping our side by making the booze stats go down just a little bit. I think that it really irks them when their claims that boozing is on the increase come up against the fact that it’s actually going down.

    ” I had a glass of cider, two glasses of Cava and a bottle of red last night. I had 3 pints at the pub at lunchtime, with lunch including with my brother and a close friend. I’m still here.”

    Don’t you realise that if you suck every last drop of joy out of life you will live forever?

  8. Does it really matter? Who takes any notice of this cobblers? Who even knows what it means in terms of beers, shorts etc?

    People who actually need advice about their health in regard to alcohol will get a much more specific and particular recommendation.

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