Ooh, I'll have to cut down.....

You often wonder whether politicians live in the real world, don't you. In his budget, the Chancellor has announced an increase of 4p on a pint of beer, and 3p on a litre of cider - measures designed, so he says, to "help reduce binge drinking". Really?? You can just imagine Bazza and Gazza and the lads on a night out debating whether they can really any longer afford their twelfth pint, can't you? No, the person who might just be affected is the little old pensioner up the corner, who might have to make his "half" last a little longer - and he's a real danger to society, isn't he?