With "alcohol cheaper than water" and available for "pocket-money prices" to use two of Nicola Sturgeon's favourite soundbites, booze in Scotland has never been more affordable, so we are told.
To back this up the price of basic supermarket vodka, currently around £9, and a two litre bottle of dry cider is always quoted. The latter is on offer in my local Lidl at £1.65 which does seem quite cheap.
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