tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post346430999799691368..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Christmas poisoningsChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-3303878305049989752013-12-23T11:32:13.071+00:002013-12-23T11:32:13.071+00:00@Ivan D - I don't think the Beeb do irony, and...@Ivan D - I don't think the Beeb do irony, and from years of personal experience trying to get local BBC reporters to take a blind bit of notice of genuine community issues they certainly don't do legwork. <br />Far likelier explanation of the story is surely that it was offered with ready-made commentators and stats by the 'research establishment' in whose dubious future work such corner shop banter and folk myth will feature so prominently.Stuart H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17078244177993489659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-34815008167484986862013-12-22T08:21:37.672+00:002013-12-22T08:21:37.672+00:00"Those who cannot remember the past are conde...<i>"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"</i><br />Prohibition has killed before. It will kill again.<br /><br /><i>"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"</i><br />Puritan ascetic übernannies: Enjoy a hot afterlife. You deserve it. Norbert Zillatronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05624817945409230880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-68664163322896360242013-12-22T08:18:56.098+00:002013-12-22T08:18:56.098+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Norbert Zillatronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05624817945409230880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-55434942012497462682013-12-21T14:52:47.232+00:002013-12-21T14:52:47.232+00:00It does make one wonder if someone at the BBC real...It does make one wonder if someone at the BBC really does understand the reality of the situation but is not allowed to report it. It would be lovely to believe that the wonderfully ironic choice of Sheffield University for an article on cut price dangerous illicit booze was deliberate. Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.com