Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news

I'm not normally a fan of protest movements, at least not in free, liberal democracies where the ballot box normally renders this type of showboating obsolete. But I think I have found one I might be prepared to make an exception for.

The Ghanaian Drunkards Association, led by Moses 'Dry Bone' Onyah, staged a march through the streets of Accra, demanding lower booze prices. Imagine if the drunkards of the UK could muster similar support.

At the moment, roughly a third of the price of every pint of beer sold in a UK pub goes to the Exchequer. Imagine the boost to our dying pub trade if the drunkards of the UK were able to pressure the Government into a 33 per cent cut in beer prices.

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