THIS DRUNKEN ORGY IN OUR TOWNS AND CITIES HAS TO STOP!

Alcohol-fuelled violence and loutish behaviour has become the modern-day 'plague' of Britain, a top judge warned today.
District Judge Alan Berg said young women, in particular, who were intent on getting 'senselessly drunk,' were behind a dramatic escalation of mindless violence on the nation's streets.    Mr Berg spoke out just days after jailing high-flying university student, Melissa Massey, 20, for a booze-fuelled attack on a female paramedic.  The judge branded Massey a 'drunken barbarian' and said he had no choice but to imprison her to try and curb the growing tide of barbaric behaviour in city centres.

Quite right too.  I don't want to sound like an OLD FART, but as someone in their 50s, I am concerned about going out for a drink in our towns and cities.  FUCK ME!  It's a bit much when you can't go out for a drink with your wife, without worrying constantly about some drunken yob who feels you looked at him the wrong way!  GLASGOW, which I know in particular is a nightmare.  For too long our COURTS have accepted the excuse that someone who has been arrested was drunk.  Well, who's fault is that?  Most people go out with the intention of getting pissed and I sorry you guys who bleat about MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICING, but they are tanked up on CHEAP SUPERMARKET DRINK before they go out, which only exacerbates the problem.

NO LONGER, SHOULD BEING DRUNK BE TAKEN AS AN EXCUSE.  PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.

WHO WOULD WE WANT AS HEAD OF STATE IN AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND?

WHO WOULD WE WANT AS HEAD OF STATE IF WE WERE INDEPENDENT?

I am going to put up a poll for this and would like some suggestions from you.  Would the position be hereditary like our present Royal Family? Would someone be invited by a panel of the GREAT and GOOD. Would we have an ELECTION?


WHO COULD THE CANDIDATES BE?

I propose for discussion the following:

H.M. THE QUEEN
PRINCESS ANNE
PRINCE CHARLES
THE FIRST MINISTER AT THE TIME
AN ELECTED PRESIDENT, INDEPENDENT OF THE PARTY POLITIC
SEAN CONNERY
BILLY CONNELLY
ANN GLOAG
LORD FOULKES (just kidding)
Who else in your opinion would make a WORTHWHILE HEAD of STATE?

STOP PRESS

NOMINATIONS SO FAR- NONE, EVERYONE, RAB C. NESBETT, BILLY CONNELLY, ELECTED HEAD OF STATE, QUEEN, LORRAINE KELLY.
(I'm beginning to think you Bastards are taking the pish)

ANYMORE BEFORE IT GOES UP?

SNP curb on drink prices is condemned in America


THE Scottish Government's flagship proposal to tackle the nation's alcohol problem has been attacked by US drinks companies who have urged ministers to abandon their minimum pricing policy.

." The SNP plans to introduce minimum pricing to try to stop high-strength drink being sold at "pocket money" prices. The plans would see a minimum price per unit of alcohol, of around 40p in off-licences, shops and supermarkets.Ministers hope the change will drive up the price of the cheapest vodkas and ciders, but leave most beers, wines and spirits unaffected.

"Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon defended the government's plans, arguing that the severity of Scotland's drink problem meant that radical action had to be taken.She said that one in 20 Scots died of alcohol-related causes and pointed out that 42,000 hospital admissions a year were due to alcohol misuse.

"It would be totally irresponsible of government to ignore the evidence that minimum pricing can be an extremely powerful tool to help tackle this," Miss Sturgeon said "and anyway what the fuck has it got to do with them how we treat alcoholism in this country.

They can GO AND TAKE A FUCK TO THEMSELVES" she added.