Further to
yesterday's post about health warnings on alcohol, I was on Channel 5 News last night debating the idea with Lord Brooke. His lordship took the unusual tack of talking mainly about sugar and obesity. As it happens, I am not against having calorie labelling on alcoholic drinks, as he would like, but we don't agree on much else.
Further reading:
Peter Oborne:
'Bossy health chiefs, drunk on power'
Pete Brown:
'When will the anti-alcohol lobby stop lying about the "£21 billion" cost of alcohol to society?'
Daily Mash:
'Nothing you can say or do will stop us drinking, government told'
