'Big tax increases on strong alcohol, a 'levy' on late-opening pubs and a ban on supermarket discount deals are unveiled by the Tories today to take back town centres from violent drunks.'Great headline-grabbing - but will it help? - Of course not!
What will happen is that the crazies will carry on and will pay the 'levies' - ordinary people who enjoy a drink responsibly will be punished.
Labour has declared a desire 'to punish the innocent to get at the guilty yet again'. Typically, the Conservatives are now offering more of the same. They are both immoral.
Punish the guilty not the innocent!
(See posting January the 14th.)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1244303/Labour-Tories-head-head-24-hour-pubs.html#ixzz0d2XZ1OtT
Photo: Los Borrachos. (The Drunkards.) by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez.
