Temperance Movement

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Why the anti-alcohol brigade should come with a warning

02-Feb-2016 By Tony Leonard

January is only just over but the neo-prohibitionists are already having a busy 2016.

The drinks industry and alcohol policy: why all the fuss?

10-May-2013 By Phil Mellows

Should the drinks industry be excluded from the debate on alcohol policy? The question was raised in no uncertain terms last week by a case study of submissions to the Scottish Government’s 2008 consultation paper Changing Scotland’s Relationship with...

Neo-prohibitionism - a blast from the past

12-May-2010 By Paul Chase

The neo-prohibitionism campaign is misguided" and risks backfiring, says Paul Chase.

Is the temperance movement coming back?

29-Jan-2009

Health secretary Dawn Primarolo sounds like a sort of a cross between a creamy cheese from a tube and a toffee-filled chocolate. But her opening...

A brief history of binge-drinking

28-Aug-2008

Binge-drinking, I hardly have to mention, is big news. Barely a day goes by without a politician or police force pledging to make a stand against...