Anyway, the price of a pint had not gone down. I was outraged and complained to the Wayne the Manager, who patiently explained that they put the duty on beer, wine and spirits up at the same time as they dropped VAT, so the prices stayed the same.

Nanny Gordon knows best and does not want us to drink more. He doesn’t want us to waste our hard earned money on English Ale or Scotch Whisky. We should spend it instead on Chinese made toys.

It’s nice to know that the powers that be, having presided over the possibly the biggest financial f**k-up this country has known, still think they know better than us how to run our lives.

When it comes to running the economy, they can not find there own backsides with both hands. But that will not stop them from attempting to micro-mange the whole nation – in our own best interests of course.

If we all drink less, work harder and learn our place in the scheme of things, then one day our kids could be in a position where they will be protected from there own gross incompetence by their pals in the government splurging out our money.