MPs fear pints could be replaced by smaller glasses as they look to introduce new legislation
Ex-Minister Lord Sharpe last night urged fellow peers to back his amendment to the Product Regulation Bill and last night.
He said: “It is not difficult to imagine, at some point in the future, that the office of Secretary of State is held by a metric maniac. “Or perhaps worse, some interfering busybody who decides that they know what is better for the health of the nation than those who make up the population of the nation."
He warned the pint may even be replaced by the smaller Aussie schooner — “an abomination of a vessel, marginally too large for a sensible sherry but far too small for a sensibleThe Government said: “Pints of draught beer and cider remain part of our national identity. We have no plans to change this.”SARA FAILEDKopparberg ranked joint-third along with Thatchers Gold and Strongbow.
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