With his announcement on drink driving, Hammond has obviously not realised who is in charge. The "colleagues" will not leave it there. They will be back.

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As an ex-publican,I think that you are right,the EU will not leave it at that. In a few months,this will rear it's ugly head again and it will go through. We all know what that means,more pub closures,more people out of work,but,no significant difference in the drink /driving convictions,hardened drinkers will only stay the same. Of course we will have the temperance movement saying it's a good thing to have a zero limit,we know it's all about control of the masses.
Anyway,a wag at my last pub,a bit of a comedian,remarked on the labels of the local brewery (Tolly Cobbold)showing a picture of the brewery alongside the River Orwell.He said something was missing and that was a couple making love on the riverside sand,implying the beer was phucking near water!!

Hammond is such a dork, perhaps he doesn't realise that the Westminster village council, now defers to a higher and far more powerful authority, or doth he pretend?

It will come [new dd law], the homogenisation of EU wide laws is unstoppable, it's for our own good............big brother says so.

This will kill the drinks industry, anyone who has a few drinks at night could well be over the limit in the morning.

It reminds me of when I was at an area manager sales meeting at my old company. The previous week we had entertained some clients at a dinner at Blackpool football club and it was a boozy affair.

At this meeting the following week, the newest area manager asked the national sales manager what the policy was on alcohol at events and driving the following day. After this bounced back and forth a bit, the NSM got a bit irritated and said, what's your point, it is down to the individual.

The new ASM then 'fessed' up that he was a special constable and that these days most people are very good and leave the car at home or at the pub and get a cab home if they end up drinking too much. So basically people were getting the message and doing the right thing. Obviously that wasn't good for their arrest rate. So now they were targetting morning drivers instead, I should imagine this will become common place if the limit is lowered.

Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.” (’Atlas Shrugged’ 1957)

Just say'in