So we're now being told we should only drink 14 units a week to be safe - the same as women.

Not only is this an insult to the British drinking man, it's also a load of horse****.

There has been no actual change in terms of the risk that alcohol actually poses to health and this new limit is not based on any new evidence. All these figures represent is an attempt to outline the supposed statistical risk levels posed by alcohol consumption and recommend to us that we keep that risk level low and - absurdly - it is defining 1% as the upper limit for 'low risk'. That is all that has happened - the definition of what constitutes 'low risk' has been changed arbitrarily.

This is very deliberately being done in the New Year when some people have just consumed more alcohol than they normally might, may be feeling the effects and are thus more susceptible to being frightened into restricting their consumption.

Of course, as they admit themselves “there is little evidence regarding the impact of any guidelines in changing health behaviours”, so quite why they bother is beyond me.

They can properly f**k off.

f**k, as you say, off.

What worries me is that it'll be seen as an excuse to hike prices. Have to start brewing me own http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_i...asrubchin1.gif

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The latest Health Survey for England says that 85% of women and 68% of men drank 14 units or fewer a week in 2014, including those who did not drink at all. By comparison, 78% of men drank 21 units a week or fewer.

I wonder how that stacks up against the number of units bought and consumed nationally? My guess is that, were those figures in any way true, the rest of us would have to be consuming fatal levels of booze every day in order to make up the shortfall.

not that I'm drinking currently, small sabbatical until the new addition arrives

I rarely drink now I don't know why.

Only wine now and again if I am going out for dinner.

fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender

:lager: :fight:

where hooligans assemble and throw plastic cafe chairs at people.

I might say 24 units or thereabouts. Barely covers a decent session

The Italians are more sort of stab you in the head and drive off on their vespa.

and the Turks don't obey the rules of hooliganism. They are disqualified.

he just looked at me and said "you work in media, so do you want to revise that?"

Also, and I do feel that this is a crucial point, nobody listens to them so it doesnt really matter any way.

They have to be seen to do something to combat the effects of this damaging drug as they're legitimising its sale. Of course, they could legalise other, much less harmful, drugs but no. We're too conservative, in many senses, to even consider that sort of sensible, pragmatic approach.

...in picturesque european squares though.

I mean, heaven forbid that everyone else would have to think of a new stereotype for us.

Standing around near the stadium and my mate told me to move quickly.

The Lazio fans had set a scooter alight, jammed on the throttle and pointed it at us. Damn thing was approaching us at about 30mph and properly afire.

An enormously fat bloke in shorts but no top wrapped a St Geroge's flag around his shoulders, cried 'England! On Me!' and led the charge into a group of bottle-throwing north African lads.

It made me quite swell with pride.

I mean, we used to be mad for the opium back in the olden times, we need to get back into those emerging markets imo.

Also, we could use it as a cracking justification for our unfortunate addiction to killing brownpeople in the middle east.

Everyone's a winner imo.

The indian chap who took your medical exams for you really earned his money, didnt he?

One week it's alcohol, the next it's wheat, then it's sugar..
I mean.. FFS, We get it.. Now Give it a rest :-|

pint tonight I've got to stop and go home http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/xmashehe1.gif The next 6 days aren't gonna be much fun either :-(

It's very much like pringles.