Prohibition in Scotland soon ?

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Dundeegeorge replied

5 September 2007, 14:22
Quite agree

Originally posted by snaw View Post

Tink I can safely say that any politician who puts himself between a jock and his bevvy is gonna come out on the losing side.

Oh, has anybody got the figures on the vote to ban smoking in public places?
Demo-what?
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DBA_bloke replied

5 September 2007, 13:59
Originally posted by snaw View Post

Tink I can safely say that any politician who puts himself between a jock and his bevvy is gonna come out on the losing side.

Indeed! To paraphrase Spike Milligan, "Some people die of thirst; the Scots are born with one".
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snaw replied

5 September 2007, 13:53
Tink I can safely say that any politician who puts himself between a jock and his bevvy is gonna come out on the losing side.
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DBA_bloke replied

5 September 2007, 12:12
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

"Mr MacAskill said the perception of 'drinking to get drunk' should no longer be seen as acceptable."

Kind of missing the point, Kenny...

It's started! Smoking first. Now alcohol. Next: obesity. It stops, eventually, with a Farenheit 451 regime.
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NickFitz replied

5 September 2007, 11:52
"Mr MacAskill said the perception of 'drinking to get drunk' should no longer be seen as acceptable."

Kind of missing the point, Kenny...
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Chantho started a topic Prohibition in Scotland soon ?

5 September 2007, 11:37
Prohibition in Scotland soon ?

Chan

BBC News

particularly worrying is the sentence

"Mr MacAskill insisted the Scottish Government was not pro-prohibition or anti-alcohol, but was instead taking a stand against excessive drinking culture."
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