Yes, you did read that right. 99.9875% of the population do not cause any trouble with their responsible drinking habits, but the Conservative shadow Home Office minister James Brokenshire is planning new curbs and bans on alcohol use, and the Conservative spin machine is working overtime.
That is 7,341 out of a population of 80,000,000, or a Conservative led national panic inducing level of 0.0125%.
The reason all these Terrible-Thing-related deaths increase so fast is that the definition of what constitutes a related death is cast wider and wider. James Brokenshire is well aware of this. He's anticipating the reins of power and the yoke of control and getting ready to take over where his predecessors leave off. Interfering in every little detail of our lives until we can be arrested for wearing the wrong kind of hat.
Where did binge drinking come into the figures? He's added that in for effect. The figures make no distinction whether the deaths were due to a binge or a glass of wine. He sounds just like the hysterical harpies we have running the country now, and he has no more idea of what to do about it than do they. The 'enormity' of the problem affects less than 0.0125% of the population.
But because he can, he will make sure that the other 99.9875% of the population will be regulated and will pay for it. Further curbs and bans on Alcohol will be devestating for the already hard pressed pub trade.
Tories really are the new Blue Labour. Normal service will continue, Nanny state with a new coloured coat. The truth is that alcohol abuse is such a small problem in the wider context, but this is about spin and control. We have had enough of this kind of spin from Labour, we will not tolerate it from the Conservatives.
If you continue to vote the same, you will continue to get the same. Simples.
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Thank God somebody else is still posting... North does have all the nice pictures though.
Living in an area with several well know disruptive drunks and a youth drinking problem I have a 2-part plan that will save money, lives and deal with the negative social impacts of drinking:
1. Stop funding peoples alcohol habits or that of their children.
2. Thats it.
Since when has the UK had a population of 80m?
I know people complain of unbridled immigration, but immigration hasn't been that colossal!
80 million?
Alcohol, to my mind, is fairly easy to sort out. You just let people drink what they want and enforece the law.
Crazy I know, but there is this small law I heard about whereby if you are under 18 you can't drink. It's mental, but if we just enforce that maybe it would work.
I would also be highly sceptical of 'alcohol realted'. They do this with many stats like smoking and eating etc, most of the numbers would be tenuous at best.
80 million?
80 million. This is not the first time that I have answered this question for you.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/city-eye-facts-on-a-plate-our-population-is-at-least-77-million-395428.html
The Police are about enforce minimum pricing for alcohol.
Correct. The unelected Police are about to enforce a cartel on the price of alcohol on all of us. Apparently booze is too cheap and some young ones may misbehave.
HERE
Quite, quite remarkable.
Boatang: "Alcohol, to my mind, is fairly easy to sort out. You just let people drink what they want and enforece the law."
The voice of sanity. :-)
Dick, You know it makes sense.
Ian,
This is becoming absurd. You have now based a statement on an article that bases population prediciton on food consumption.
I'm lost for words. I really am. What you are saying is there are over 15 million people that don't work, pay taxes, claim the dole, who are not registered in anyway for a driving licence or on the electoral roll. That simply don't have any records, but eat a huge amount of food.
You are the leader of a political party and I suggest you start acting like one. I'm beginning to get seriously fucked off.
Stop ranting about rubbish like this and place this party on a serious footing talking seriously about serious issues. Actually issue policy statements on the party site and not on a blog. Would you get Cameron bloggin away on ConservativeHome? No you bloody wouldn't.
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