tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post898278081551659355..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Battle Of Stirling And The Start Of The British War On Fizzy DrinksDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-2630262176066857212011-09-23T23:28:32.770+01:002011-09-23T23:28:32.770+01:00It would be interesting to know just exactly what ...It would be interesting to know just exactly what was behind Boris Johnson's banning of booze on London Transport (his first legislation, IIRC) ... special lobbies, and, if so, which ones?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-70091586396892554172011-09-23T17:03:53.975+01:002011-09-23T17:03:53.975+01:00Sam: Yes, I have heard of that. A Scottish 'Pa...Sam: Yes, I have heard of that. A Scottish 'Parliament' document that I read yesterday discussed it, though no-one knows the level it will be set at yet, IIUC. <br /><br />You're right about the idiocy of small shops. If they think they are immune to the 'polluter pays' principle, they're very bloody naive. Tobacco control will come after them too, eventually.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-27151315801787126732011-09-23T14:50:25.684+01:002011-09-23T14:50:25.684+01:00I thought that was an informal concession to Salmo...I thought that was an informal concession to Salmond's megalomania, Subrosa. As far as I know, there's never been any legislation to that effect. Of course, “assembly” was never the official name of either the, er, assembly or the administration.<br /><br />But honestly, who cares? Doesn't everyone just call them “those bastards in Edinburgh” anyway?<br /><br />It all reminds me, though, Dick: I take it you've heard of the Nats' “public health levy” on “large” stores selling fags and booze? The Corner Shop Club (or whatever it's called) are chuffed to bits, the bloody fools.Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-65292821158750335772011-09-23T08:57:11.473+01:002011-09-23T08:57:11.473+01:00Has it yet been said that a bottle of the killer B...Has it yet been said that a bottle of the killer Bru costs less than a bottle of water? :)<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-89660113344317192302011-09-23T08:26:37.103+01:002011-09-23T08:26:37.103+01:00That,ll double the price of Iron-Bru then.That,ll double the price of Iron-Bru then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-61387037873929432852011-09-23T07:28:26.482+01:002011-09-23T07:28:26.482+01:00Does anyone else wonder if the anti-everything mob...Does anyone else wonder if the anti-everything mob are getting a little bit cocky? They haven't quite achieved total victory over tobacco and a smoking ban that lasts a thousand years, and yet they're already going all out to control alcohol, salt, fizzy drinks, and whatever they perceive to be junk food this week, and probably some stuff I've forgotten about. In other words they've gone from attacking the liberties of smokers, which is about what, a fifth or so of the population, to attacking virtually everybody. Might be what undoes them in the end, with a bit of luck.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-23842265172264896512011-09-23T01:02:52.180+01:002011-09-23T01:02:52.180+01:00Passing a medical degree tends to make people more...Passing a medical degree tends to make people more expert than most on fixing sick people. It also tends to make them very wealthy.<br /><br />What it does not make them is expert on anything other than fixing sick people. Sadly, the most arrogant of all professions seems to believe otherwise and a minority of its members insist on offering inexpert opinion on all sorts of matters. <br /><br />Journalists seem collectively incapable of understanding this very simple concept.Ivan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364023294207490403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-18830105054786972982011-09-23T00:50:39.965+01:002011-09-23T00:50:39.965+01:00Apparently my 82 year old father's bedtime dou...Apparently my 82 year old father's bedtime double whisky may shorten his life, according to the consultant he saw last month. We agreed the man may know a lot about bowels but he's a moralising halfwit otherwise.P T Barnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-59237983437865293222011-09-23T00:12:51.969+01:002011-09-23T00:12:51.969+01:00Eh? I love fizzy drinks, especially Coke. And I dr...Eh? I love fizzy drinks, especially Coke. And I dream of the day when they bring Top Deck shandy back.Michael Fowkehttp://moneyistheway.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79148508374239374792011-09-22T22:21:45.507+01:002011-09-22T22:21:45.507+01:00Rosie: I edited out 'parliament' before pu...Rosie: I edited out 'parliament' before publishing, I'll know better in future. :)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-84628667269369685232011-09-22T22:17:22.644+01:002011-09-22T22:17:22.644+01:00Richard, are you trying to upset me? Two years ago...Richard, are you trying to upset me? Two years ago it was decided by the Westminster government that the Scottish government would be known as such and the word 'assembly' no longer applied.<br /><br />And I thought you were on my side too :)<br /><br />Back to topic. I've no idea about the politics of the Barr family (one of Scotland's large exports with Irn Bru), who make the most successful fizzy drink in Europe, but I'm sure, in their quiet and dignified way, they will put their opinion across.<br /><br />Richard Simpson was a good medic I'm told but since he became a very left-wing labour spokesman and took the Labour Shilling it's all been downhill. Poor man, selling his principles for a space on the Scottish labour benches when he could be earning far more as a GP these days. Perhaps he knows the majority of his medical colleagues wouldn't appreciate having him in their midst once again.<br /><br />As for Stirling University...subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com