Charles Kennedy statement @ 17:45

[BobTheCrate]

Owing to the repetitive times he's said he won't be standing down - could it be he's about to now ?

[Bovvered]

Another party crapping it with DC on the blocks. Old CK has tried his best, but he still couldn't topple Duncan, Howard and co.

[hyperD]

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has confessed to being treated for alcoholism and has called a leadership election.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...208039,00.html

[darmstadt]

And I bet he was one of those who came out against the licensing laws being changed.

[Lucifer Box]

And I bet he was one of those who came out against the licensing laws being changed.

Funnily enough, despite all the predictions by the Daily Mail and others that the country was going to swept away on a tidal wave of vomit and alcohol fuelled crime, things seem much the same as they were before.

I'm sure all those who predicted the end of world will be eating their words in public. Not.

[DodgyAgent]

Funnily enough, despite all the predictions by the Daily Mail and others that the country was going to swept away on a tidal wave of vomit and alcohol fuelled crime, things seem much the same as they were before.

I'm sure all those who predicted the end of world will be eating their words in public. Not.

Lucifer I think you will find that very few pubs have taken this up and that most of the booze is being sold by supermarkets.

[Sysman]

Lucifer I think you will find that very few pubs have taken this up and that most of the booze is being sold by supermarkets.

And look at the results

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4581530.stm

"Excessive alcohol consumption is being blamed for a big rise in deaths from the liver disease cirrhosis in Britain."

When I was young you did all your drinking in the pub, and there was a measure of social control there: Go home; you've had enough".

Buying in supermarkets implies drinking at home, where you don't have anyone there to notice you are hitting the bottle too hard.

What does the panel think?

[Fungus]

And look at the results

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4581530.stm

"Excessive alcohol consumption is being blamed for a big rise in deaths from the liver disease cirrhosis in Britain."

When I was young you did all your drinking in the pub, and there was a measure of social control there: Go home; you've had enough".

Buying in supermarkets implies drinking at home, where you don't have anyone there to notice you are hitting the bottle too hard.

What does the panel think?

Apparently the increase in alcohol consumption is accounted for by wine, with beer and spirits remaining stable. We now drink more per capita than the French would you believe.

Fungus

[mcquiggd]

And thats just my own personal contribution to the economy....

[Lucifer Box]

Lucifer I think you will find that very few pubs have taken this up and that most of the booze is being sold by supermarkets.

Most Wetherspoons are now open every day until either 24:00 or 01:00. As I said, the predictions that the changes in the licensing laws would bring about the end of the world would appear to have been incorrect.