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Default Michael Howard on Newsnight.

On 22/06/16 22:29, Steve Walker wrote:

The nearest I can find is that the EU *might* overturn the Scottish
government's *proposal* (law not yet passed) for minimum alcohol
pricing, saying it *might* be in contravention of free-trade laws.
Note the caveats. This of course has been jumped on by some as being
set in tablets of stone.


Whether it is or isn't overtured isn't the point - the simple fact that
the such a local law can even be looked at by the EU is!


Yeah. Wait till they ban alcohol altogether because it offends a certain
sector of the population...


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