Leeds reflects on the idea of shrinking standard beer sizes

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A study has called on the government to shrink standard beer drinking sizes from a pint to two-thirds of a pint in a bid to quell UK alcohol consumption habits - would you be in support of this and why/why not?

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00:00if you don't want a pint get a half or drink something else i think having the government

00:07intervene in people's life like this is so patronizing a nanny state right and i agree

00:12with you there there are drinking problems and it's a cultural thing we we have a very

00:16different relationship to alcohol here than they do in the continent um yeah i can't see

00:22government regulation uh being a positive thing in that effect i think a little drink is okay

00:28but too much is not good because sometimes the alcohol will damage your brain and your body

00:35it's not a it's a unhealthy lifestyle alcohol um actually i'm a bit of a drinker myself right but

00:43and they are reducing the volume which is probably a good thing because we're overpopulated

00:49and there's people that are not surviving very well on alcohol because they drink too much

00:54but you have to be guilty that's fine by me

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