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ADULTS SHOULD BE FREE TO DRINK AS MUCH AS THEY WISH AS CHEAPLY AS THEY CAN
21 February 2008
Responding to calls by the medical profession to limit the sale of cheap alcohol, Progressive Vision, the classical liberal think tank, has said that adults should be free to purchase and consume as much alcohol as they wish at the cheapest prices they can find.
Mark Littlewood, Communications Director of Progressive Vision, said:
“This is yet another example of treating British citizens as children rather than as responsible adults. Taxes on alcohol are already too high and everyone knows that drinking to excess can cause serious health problems. People should be left alone to drink as much as they wish as cheaply as they can – but must bear personal responsibility for the consequences and costs of their behaviour. The idea that the authorities would start to police happy hours and promotional offers is offensive, patronising and completely unworkable.”
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