Lib Dem MP Greg Mulholland has been accused of "unparliamentary language" after this little outburst in the Commons [via Tory Radio]:
Greg Mulholland: Will the Minister give way?Although Labour Minister Ivan Lewis
Mr. Lewis: We are all fed up with it. I return to the substantive issues.
Greg Mulholland: Will the Minister give way?
Mr. Lewis: I will not give way.
On regulation costs, I shall consider the question of the consultation that the Healthcare Commission is undertaking—
Greg Mulholland: He’s an a*******.
For suggesting this:
Pubs, bars and restaurants should be forced to start selling smaller glasses of wine again, an MP says.
Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland is to propose a bill in the House of Commons calling for the reinstatement of traditional 125ml measures.
The MP for Leeds North West argues that larger glasses are making customers "less aware of how many units of alcohol they are drinking". (BBC)
Erm, no it doesn't - well unless they're a retard, of course. Anyone with even half a brain can tell how large the glass of wine they have is, either on (a) it's size; (b) the amount of liquid in it; or (c) the length of time it is taking you to drink it. Or, of course, they could always ask how big it.Liberal Democrat Greg Mulholland is to propose a bill in the House of Commons calling for the reinstatement of traditional 125ml measures.
The MP for Leeds North West argues that larger glasses are making customers "less aware of how many units of alcohol they are drinking". (BBC)
The reason that "[m]any licensed premises only sell wine in 175ml and 250ml measures" is because those are the sizes that people want. Why have pubs and bars stop selling 125ml glases of wine? Because people don't want 125ml glasses of wine.
The a******* - Greg Mulholland, that is - should stop trying to interfere with what individuals and private business do [of course, so should the other a*******, Ivan Lewis]. People do know how much they are drinking, at least pretty much. But it certainly isn't up to anyone, let alone an a****** of an MP like Mulholland to force pubs, bars and restaurants to serve 125ml glasses of wine. "Liberal" Democrats my a***. But then again, they're hardly "Democratic" either...
