Moderation in argument and alcohol intake

Victoria White (Opinion, 19th July) openly says of herself: “I am not ‘reasonable’.”

She has a fair point.

Her impassioned broadside against an array of ministers for dallying on a flagged proposal to wind down drinks’ sponsorship of sports and cultural events, carries many home-truths, but with something of a repellent drive. The patent truth is that drinks’ companies are firmly in the ascendant with regards to aggressive advertising opportunism in the social/leisure market-sphere. Whether a personalised ultra-moralistic diatribe is the most effective countering tactic, would seem doubtful.