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Old 20-02-2013, 17:43   #48
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Re: report calls for an experimental 20% tax on all sugary soft drinks

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
The metropolitan elite running the parliamentary party is far from 'proper' right wing IMO, though you could possibly excuse them for trying to tackle a widely acknowledged and serious public health issue - alcohol death rates teeter about the 10,000 per year mark, which is a significant number.

"Unhealthy" food, on the other hand? Not in the same ball park, I suggest.
Are we going for full circularity as in "It's not a right-wing policy, so the person proclaiming it isn't right-wing", or are we admitting that your distinction of left and right is a bit of a caricature that doesn't do justice to the political reality?
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