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30-05-2016, 17:48
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I can’t say the news on the front page of today’s Times is exactly surprising, but it’s good to see it in such a prominent spot in a national newspaper.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3xTru80NGU/V0xhcRNX7zI/AAAAAAAAEwo/hJcIemcxPDkedNOo8dkGG6kZgAZ4SXa-gCLcB/s400/times300516.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3xTru80NGU/V0xhcRNX7zI/AAAAAAAAEwo/hJcIemcxPDkedNOo8dkGG6kZgAZ4SXa-gCLcB/s1600/times300516.jpg)
The article itself is of course behind the dreaded Murdoch paywall here (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/anti-drink-lobby-drew-up-official-safety-limits-zwz7m7db8).
I have made some suggestions before (http://www.pubcurmudgeon.org.uk/beer06/curm0609.html) about some more sensible official alcohol guidelines. And it’s important to stress that exceeding them doesn’t immediately tip you off a cliff of risk.
These so-called “limits” are unscientific bollocks. And the more people who say so, the better.
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-did-i-tell-you.html)
I can’t say the news on the front page of today’s Times is exactly surprising, but it’s good to see it in such a prominent spot in a national newspaper.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3xTru80NGU/V0xhcRNX7zI/AAAAAAAAEwo/hJcIemcxPDkedNOo8dkGG6kZgAZ4SXa-gCLcB/s400/times300516.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3xTru80NGU/V0xhcRNX7zI/AAAAAAAAEwo/hJcIemcxPDkedNOo8dkGG6kZgAZ4SXa-gCLcB/s1600/times300516.jpg)
The article itself is of course behind the dreaded Murdoch paywall here (http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/anti-drink-lobby-drew-up-official-safety-limits-zwz7m7db8).
I have made some suggestions before (http://www.pubcurmudgeon.org.uk/beer06/curm0609.html) about some more sensible official alcohol guidelines. And it’s important to stress that exceeding them doesn’t immediately tip you off a cliff of risk.
These so-called “limits” are unscientific bollocks. And the more people who say so, the better.
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-did-i-tell-you.html)