Another piece of Labour's mania for control and criminalising as many people as possible

The Times reports that:

"Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, expects an official review of the law to recommend reducing the legal limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg. He said he would take this “very seriously” and added: “A strong case has been made to have a lower limit.”

At present the 80mg limit allows a man of average build to drink 1½-2 pints of normal-strength beer or three small glasses of wine and remain within the law. With a 50mg limit, the average man would be limited to just under a pint of beer or a large glass of wine and women to half a pint of beer or a small glass of wine.

The change could force some country pubs to close."

A Tangled Web thinks this is another example of

"The neo-Puritans in Labour seek(ing) to stop people having any alcohol when they go out for a meal or just a night with friends, especially in rural areas where there is no public transport... this is all about ideology, not science, not saving lives. This is aimed at furthering the criminalisation of drivers, a key part of their agenda."

David Vance is right and as I said earlier today:

"The end-game for authoritarian governments, such as the UK's Labour government, is for there to be so many laws that everyone is guilty of something at some time. Then it is easy enough to arrest and punish malcontents as the government wishes. Labour's new laws are not about reducing drink-driving or eliminating smoking in a public place but about controlling and instilling fear into the populace."