I have blogged on this not too long ago but the issue has raised its head again as The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) Bill has passed stage 2 in parliament and the minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol is the preferred amount of the Scottish Government.
Today Nicola Sturgeon said, "Too many Scots are drinking themselves to death", and she is absolutely right on this, they are, but rather than follow the advice of a study done by the University of Sheffield which says that minimum pricing will save …
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Alcohol minimum pricing - alcoholism isn't about price
Posted May 14, 2012
Do you agree that this question could have been worded better from the start?
Posted May 8, 2012
"Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?"
As most people know this is the proposed question to be set to the Scottish people in the referendum of 2014. Today a report, Do You Agree This Is A Biased Question? was released by the Scottish Affairs Committee which concluded that the wording of the question is biased.
The conclusion of the Scottish Affairs Committee is not a surprise to me because I have thought that, while the question is not necessarily very biased, it is lead…
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One Thing: Together in electric dreams
Posted April 19, 2012
Ah yes, the EDF Energy advert. It makes me smile every time. You've probably seen it, but enjoy.
