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If there's one thing the Scottish like more than swearing it's drinking, so trying to pass a law to set a minimum price for alcohol when the PM's a Scotsman is going to be about as popular as a pork chop at a synagogue.

Personally I'm vociferously opposed to such plans. I can understand the reasoning (flawed as it may be), but I can't agree with it. Yes there's a drinking problem, but ramping up the prices isn't the answer. It's like papering over the hull breach in the Titanic with paper towels and spit. When you look at mainland Europe, which has lower age limits for alcohol, as well as lower prices, yet they don't have the massive fuss that we do over here. Drink isn't treated as a stigma and people are taught how to drink in moderation from a young age. This is the way forward, not trying to hide away or price out of reach that which the majority enjoy sensibly.