Jasper Gerard, leader of a Blair-ite think-tank has proposed increasing the minimum age to drink alcohol from 18 to 21 (see reports in most of the newspapers). We'll have to wait & see if this suggestion is taken up.
I think this is ludicrous as it will not stop young people from drinking (it didn't with me and my mates, anyway). Yes, in the UK we have an under-age drinking problem, but raising the minimum age is just a way of creating more 'criminals', not tackling the real issue.
The worst part is that as tax-payers, we are paying for these pillocks to come up with this trash.
Am I just a Blair-hater, or do people agree with this new policy? Sensible answers only, please.
2007-04-16
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