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Least alcoholic Winston Churchill moment (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

TIL the UK had prohibition. Guess there's religious nuts all over.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, no prohibition in the UK - the exemption was written during one of Churchill's trips to the US.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Kinda makes sense then. I dunno about "indefinite," but making an exception for some alcohol for a visiting alcoholic would be necessary since going cold turkey can be fatal.