“Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.”

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The quote argues that setting minimum prices for alcohol is a bad policy. It suggests that such rules, like excise duties, place a heavier burden on people with lower incomes.

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Originally said in English.

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About Nigel Farage

British politician

Nigel Farage is a British politician and a Member of Parliament for Clacton since 2024. He has led Reform UK and is known for his long role in British and European politics. He was leader of the UK Independence Party from 2006 to 2009 and again from 2010 to 2016. From 1999 until the United Kingdom left the European Union in 2020, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for South East England.

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