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MacAskill should replace his hammer with stick of dynamite

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was more than a year into his post and not even halfway into the transition to the new licensing regime when he told a major conference on alcohol that some parts of the system required �a good clout with a heavy hammer�.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was more than a year into his post and not even halfway into the transition to the new licensing regime when he told a major conference on alcohol that some parts of the system required "a good clout with a heavy hammer".