Just before 7.00 on yesterday's Today we had another descendent of Oliver Cromwell's puritanical Major Generals on the programme to discuss alcohol policy and demand even tougher government action on drinking, including minimum pricing. The topic
under discussion was underage drinking, but it quickly broadened out to embrace adults too.*
She was Rachel Seabrook (not pictured left) of the 'charity' The Institute for Alcohol Studies, which (with European Commission funding and backing from the teatotal Alliance House Foundation) advises all and sundry on the evils of the demon drink, purely on health and social grounds of course.*
Such voices are everywhere on the BBC's current affairs output.
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Where's Sir Toby Belch when we need him: "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"
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I'd be surprised if many Beeboids are teetotal .
ReplyDeleteSo would I. A bottle of chardonnay a day for most of them, I'd guess.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do wonder about Jon Sopel sometimes. He does look as if he's had a little too much pinot grigio on some editions of 'The Politics Show' (especially last Sunday's programme from Davos). I'm sure it's just pure adrenalin though (perhaps).