They seem very confident of getting this legislation through and seem confident that they have the remit to do it.." as elected representatives". But its no more than another swingeing tax on the working classes. They're humble bottle of cider will accelerate skywards in price to beyond £6 in some cases. Where the upper crusts wine case will change not a jot.
This is an effort to protect the irresponsible from themselves at considerable cost to the rest of us.
Remember too that the smoking ban originated in Scotland...so dont understimate what they can do.
But the booze price fixing is surely nanny stateism gone mad. Its all a bad dream