and that probably isn t yet a drink of the ordinary bloke. but this is clever politics, it s cheap politics. there s actually a tax cut here that overall, the amount of takings that the treasury is taking on alcohol goes down a bit. but look at the publicity the chancellor throws fuel duty, at £7 billion doing it, spending may be a couple hundred million reducing alcohol duty but where s the fuel duty right up? it s a few paragraphs in. everybody has their favourite drink, everybody probably buys it if not everybody probably buys it if not every day, every other day. certainly journalists every day, every other day. certainlyjournalists might be certainly journalists might be taken. certainlyjournalists might be taken. everyone knows the costs will be down to a few pants. it s quite a good reform because it irons out all