Buckfast helps monks make fast buck

[Gonnagle]

Dear Wurlitzer,

Phil Hanlon, professor of public health at Glasgow University, told how mixing excessive amounts of alcohol and caffeine can have disastrous results.

He said: “Caffeine is an issue which involves ­accidents, taking risks you wouldn’t otherwise take and getting involved in violence or ­aggression. You get disinhibited with alcohol and if you add a central nervous system stimulant such as caffeine to that, it can make the likelihood of you getting involved in a misadventure while under the influence greater.”

Gonnagle.

[Hope]

Dear Hope,

Do you have a link, I can't find anything about it being altered for the Republic of Ireland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_Tonic_Wine#Versions

As I said, not by much!!

Buckfast are no longer allowed to sell the wine direct - it is distributed by 2 companies, one for the UK and the other for the Republic.  Whether these companies also bottle it, I'm not sure.  See the same overall link as above.

[Hope]

I hate to break it to you   They are not facts. They are only reports
That does not constitute scientific evidence

Good to see that you don't understand the difference, Walter.

[Walter]

Good to see that you don't understand the difference, Walter.

eh?

[Hope]

eh?

Well, they are reports that provide facts within them - something that is pretty common as regards reports.  You obviously don't understand the differenvce between reports and facts - even thougfh these were media reports.

The first of the two BBC links actually starts off

New evidence linking Buckfast Tonic Wine to crime has been uncovered by a BBC Scotland investigation.

[Walter]

Well, they are reports that provide facts within them - something that is pretty common as regards reports.  You obviously don't understand the differenvce between reports and facts - even thougfh these were media reports.

The first of the two BBC links actually starts off

you really don't have a clue do you.