Ray Wilkins

[Deleted member 28206]

Admits to being an alcoholic, brave - it raises with me my anger at the taxing of this, what is essentially a drug. Alcohol and nicotine - imagine if these where sold as class a drugs.


Good luck Ray, and all those battling his god awful illness


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36885984

Former England footballer Ray Wilkins has been given a 10-week suspended jail sentence for drinking and driving.
Wilkins, who pleaded guilty, was seen in his Mercedes in the middle of a bus lane on the A4 in London on 1 July.
Uxbridge Magistrates' Court heard he also struck a kerb and was seen drinking alcohol from a bottle while driving, before attempting a U-turn.
Wilkins, 59, who told the court he was an alcoholic, was nearly three times over the legal limit.

 

[jal123]

Admits to being an alcoholic, brave - it raises with me my anger at the taxing of this, what is essentially a drug. Alcohol and nicotine - imagine if these where sold as class a drugs.


Good luck Ray, and all those battling his god awful illness


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36885984

Guaranteed if he wasn't Ray Wilkins the footballer he'd have served a few weeks.

Good luck to him.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Guaranteed if he wasn't Ray Wilkins the footballer he'd have served a few weeks.

Good luck to him.

Yeah I did think that

 

[Walken]

Admits to being an alcoholic, brave - it raises with me my anger at the taxing of this, what is essentially a drug. Alcohol and nicotine - imagine if these where sold as class a drugs.


Good luck Ray, and all those battling his god awful illness


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36885984

not sure what you are suggesting Bry, prohibition?

 

[Goat]

Should have been given 12months.

Scum!

 

[Deleted member 28206]

not sure what you are suggesting Bry, prohibition?

Well, effectively profiteering from substance abuse. Alcoholism is a massive problem.

 

[john jako]

Just read this. Always a different story behind a addict. Some are just pathetic, some have real reasons to become addicted.

Don't know him so will refrain from judging him and wish him well.

 

[Walken]

Well, effectively profiteering from substance abuse. Alcoholism is a massive problem.

it is, but making it illegal won't solve it, and will just create more problems, more responsible advertising that is enforced on the tobacco industry could help

 

[Walken]

Just read this. Always a different story behind a addict. Some are just pathetic, some have real reasons to become addicted.

Don't know him so will refrain from judging him and wish him well.

treating addiction with contempt isn't very progressive or effective

 

[Del-boy]

Should have been jailed.

 

[john jako]

treating addiction with contempt isn't very progressive or effective

I maybe used the wrong word there pal.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

it is, but making it illegal won't solve it, and will just create more problems, more responsible advertising that is enforced on the tobacco industry could help

No - I didn't say make it illegal. It's the widespread profiteering from it that makes me uneasy. As do the cancer profits from tobacco industry.

 

[Donald Twain]

Love booze !

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I hope he didn't throw the ball at the judge.

 

[Lee Smith]

No - I didn't say make it illegal. It's the widespread profiteering from it that makes me uneasy. As do the cancer profits from tobacco industry.

Thought you'd gone all Eliot Ness there for a moment Bry