"ALCOHOL MINIMUM PRICING: BETTER ENGLAND FREE THAN ENGLAND SOBER," SAYS FREE MARKET AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THINK TANK.The Libertarian Alliance, the radical free market and civil liberties institute, today condemns proposals to make it harder for poor people to buy alcohol . The proposals include higher taxes, compulsory minimum prices for drink, further controls on advertising, and power to close down retailers. The only disagreement between the three main parities is how far they wish to go.Speaking today in London, Dr Sean Gabb, Director of the Libertarian Alliance, comments:
"These measures, if adopted, amount to an attack on the poor. The ruling class politicians who continually whine about alcohol will not be affected by minimum pricing or the abolition of special offers. I might add that none of them can be affected by such laws. Income aside, anyone who lies his way into Parliament can look forward to round the clock drinking in the Palace of Westminster of untaxed alcohol."
