Why ‘binge drinking’ makes powerful worry
Tory MP and toff Boris Johnson recently used an article in the Daily Telegraph to denounce “binge drinking” after an evening spent in Carlisle.
After missing a train he went to a pub in the town centre and was “stunned by the noise, the crowd, the smoke and the astonishing quantities of alcohol that were being necked by the denizens of Carlisle.
“It was a coldish night, but everywhere there was a pagan self-nudity. The pavements were Jackson Pollocked with the results of eating a kebab on top of eight pints of lager.
“Faces leered and weaved towards me, pale and waxy with drink, and everyone seemed to be hurling strange oaths and invitations.”
Johnson’s lurid and exaggerated description of a Carlisle night out reveals the truth behind politicians, and the media’s hysteria about “binge drinking”.
The establishment, represented by people like Johnson, wants to control us. It can’t bear the idea of groups of working class people enjoying themselves at the end of a hard working week.
Throughout history the people who have ruled over us have been afraid of the working class “mob”. They become extremely uncomfortable when ordinary people come together, in protest or drinking, as it offers a hint of the power to challenge their rule.
Simone Murray, Carlisle
