New month, new stuff

Here we go:

1. Government announces that it will close down off-licenses caught selling to underage drinkers. How will this work? Are there enough trading standards officers and police to check on every corner shop which also doubles as an off-license all the time? Will closing the corner shop benefit the elderly and others who rely on it? Will your local Tesco be closed too if caught mis-selling? No.

2. Opposition - Tories - say banging more people up in jail works. Where have we heard this before? Step forward M.Howard. No it does not work for people who are just mad or sad as opposed to bad. Our jails are full of the former.

Oh, I give up.