Sometimes you gotta love the Brits...

...though technically it was Scots who did this.

"Nanny State" Beer!

[Anti-inebriation] Campaigners welcomed the 1.1% alcohol Nanny State but said the name showed a lack of appreciation of the problem

Really? I'd say it shows an exquisite appreciation of the problem. And a profound disagreement as to what the problem is.

Freedomistas spend a lot of time bemoaning the state U.K. denizens have allowed themselves to get into, and not all the criticism is unfounded. But one thing I've always liked is their history of seeming to put up with government nonsense while quietly making mock of it and doing whatever the hell they want anyway. It's a trait Americans could learn from.

H/T to W, who told me about this a few days ago.