Alcohol doubts

Published on Friday 10 February 2012 00:00

You reported that Nicola Sturgeon was claiming that the European Commission had agreed that her proposals on minimum pricing for alcohol were in line with EU law (8 February).

Later in the day I was surprised to read news that the EC trade commissioner had issued a statement denying that they had said anything of the sort!

There is a real issue here as the Danish government had to drop similar proposals for a minimum price for tobacco because they contravened EU competition laws.

Can we be told what is going on here and who is telling the truth?

Donald McBride

Craigleith Hill Crescent

Edinburgh

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samcoldstream

Friday, February 10, 2012 at 04:11 PM

A decade of stagflation will soon dry out large numbers of binge drinkers. Forget about legislation here, watch the Chancellor taking advantage of the economic mess to screw every penny in duty out of the drinks industry and its customers.

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fourbyfour

Friday, February 10, 2012 at 02:33 PM

Have you a link to that Mr McBride for I would be really interested to read it?

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Kobi

Friday, February 10, 2012 at 01:56 PM

It's easy. You can tell that Sturgeon is lying as here lips are moving.

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