Tuesday 23 October 2012

How Are They Going To Spin This?

The future of the legislation for minimum alcohol pricing is unclear amid government fears over the details. 
According to the Sunday Times this week’s plans to make a new policy declaration on alcohol pricing have been postponed. 
The newspaper reported that, “civil servants have been ordered to check the modelling to ensure the figures are watertight because of worries about a legal challenge from the alcohol industry if there are any errors.” 
The newspaper went on to say that it is now thought the announcement will not be made for months.
Yeah, good luck with that.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall considering the 'evidence' is slapdash and the University which conducted it is incompetent.


5 comments:

Curmudgeon said...

Surely the potential legal challenge is founded on violation of EU competition law and has nothing to with errors in the figures.

Curmudgeon said...

lol, there was an advert below the article saying "Shop Now at Tesco to Get 3 for 2, MultiBuys, Buy 1 Get 1 Free & More!"

GreatScot said...

Civil servants check bugger all. They will get some body or other to put their necks / reputation on the block giving themselves plausible deniability when the challenges arise. Situation normal.

JonathanBagley said...

The legal eagles won't be needed because when Sir Humphrey sees the likes of this:
".....questionnaire approach to explore likely reactions to a tenfold increase in the tax on beer and found it would reduce binge drinking by young women by about 20%, but would have no effect on young men.”
the Government will suddenly lose interest.

Jonathan Bagley said...

The legal eagles won't be needed because when Sir Humphrey sees the likes of this:
".....questionnaire approach to explore likely reactions to a tenfold increase in the tax on beer and found it would reduce binge drinking by young women by about 20%, but would have no effect on young men.”
the Government will suddenly lose interest.