The British government wants to tackle the “English drinking culture” which makes binge drinking, drunkenness and anti-social behaviour acceptable.

Vernon Coaker, a pretend minister at the Home Office, wants to change the perception that it’s “acceptable to drink to get drunk” and the campaign will not only target young binge drinkers out for a night on the tiles but older people drinking at home.

Caroline Flint, another pretend minister at the Department for Health, said middle-age, middle-class drinkers will mainly be targetted.  Presumably her BA (Hons) in American literature and American history qualifies her in some way to pontificate on the subject of drinking and the whole alcohol industry.

Vernon Croaker said “It’s almost regarded as acceptable to drink to get drunk and we want to change that attitude.”  You’re wrong though Vernon – it is acceptable to drink to get drunk.  It’s this little thing called free will – just a silly tradition really – where people are free to do what the fuck they want as long as they’re not breaking the law without having an over-bearing, interfering nanny state dictating what they are and are not allowed to find acceptable.

Alcohol abuse kills one Scot every six hours yet it is the “English drinking culture” that needs to be changed and English lives that need further intereference from the state. If people want to drink too much – in public or in the privacy of their own home – then that is of no concern to the state. Get on with running the country and get your noses out of our private business.