A Toast to the Scottish Government

There aren't a lot of bright spots in healthcare at the moment, what with Daniel Hannan slagging off the NHS on American tv and the political parties rushing to its defence while simultaneously privatising what's left of it. But today there was a good news story. The Scottish government has brought in measures to restrict the sale of alchohol to one place in supermarkets, to ban irresponsible drinks promotions and loss leaders, and is following up with proposals to price drinks according to units instead of classification. This means that sights like this are going to become a thing of the past. I'm sure there are folks out there who are disappointed not to find their regular Lambrusco beside a pair of rolling skates in Tescos, but otherwise I think it's a good day for Scotland and a gold star for Nicola Sturgeon. It looks like we have someone fit for taking on the big drinks companies at last.