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8th September 22, 05:25 AM
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In “Earnest Cry and Prayer” the Bard was responding to the UK Parliament’s Scotch Distillery Act of 1786, a protectionist act aimed at supporting London’s gin industry by hiking duties on whisky sold in England and by taxing Scottish still capacity. I’m sure most Scots who enjoy a dram would be sympathetic to that.
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