In the new Cameron book put together by GQ’s Dylan Jones the Tory leader has directly addressed the – apparently particularly British – problem of binge drinking. Cameron explains that:
But Britain’s binge drinking problems aren’t mainly because people are drinking under age but because those legally allowed to drink are drinking too much. Any visitor to a British town can see hordes of drunken people – almost all of whom are over 18 – engaging in binge drinking.“The police can shut down shops that sell alcohol to young people…we need the police to get in there and sort things out, and arrest people selling drink to people under the legal limit”
Britain’s drink problems run deeper than quick-fire policies can address. Perhaps first and foremost, increasing affluence and cheap alcohol (both successes for the 21st century British market state) mean that more people, whatever their ages, can afford to binge. Either
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