It's been a while...

Now, it seems, they're trying to kill two birds with one stone: they want bottles to carry calorie counting warnings, to help curb booze's contribution to Britain's obesity crisis.
On paper many of these ideas make sense, but in practise it's the same as the plan to educated us on our units.
Nobody chooses a bottle of wine based on the units it contains, similarly they're unlikely to pick a tipple that is low in calories.
Is it just me or could this common-sense, good idea - as it was no doubt touted by local authority bosses - need its own 'awareness' campaign, to make sure the general public understand it, in six months' time?
This is will not work simply because the people who the Government want to reach do not religiously read nutrition labels to see how many calories or grams of fat a drink or food contains.
That is a much more middle-class obession, which goes hand in hand with posh gym memberships and being able to afford to restock the larder with whatever the diet du jour demands.
As the credit crunch continues to bite price is a major factor in making these choices, rather than common sense or a will to change behaviour.
Just like the notion that we all drink the same size measures, and can keep track of them, so this idea of calorie counting our booze intake is misguided.
There is no fat as such in alcohol, but its sugar content is high, which is where the calories creep in. That much makes sense.
I'm sorry, but I just can't see people scouring labels in pubs, off licences or supermarkets, which is where more and more of us now buy our drinks.
Not only is this a campaign which will require further education or awareness, but it is again treading a fine line between advising and preaching.
It's enough to make anyone want a stiff drink.