Wine tax to increase substantially

[marlinmunro]

Article todays Times, the £2.99 bottle of wine to go. Gordon and his finger puppet have decided its time we pay much more for our tipple. I would swear they think things up to encourage us to move to France!

[Don]

Is cheap lager tax going up too?

Ah, I forgot, it's the middle classes who drink too much, isn't it. After all its only the middle classes you find in the town centre pissing up against shop windows and bludgeoning one another to death on Saturday nights after ten pints of green-death. They must go there right after dinner over that soon-to-be very expensive bottle of average plonk from Tesco.

s. Is there no end to their spite?

Its a shame we don't riot. It really is. Instead we'll all moan about it on the internet and worry how we'll afford to send the kids to a school where they aren't beaten up of a lunchtime and might actually come away with qualifications employers recognise...

[Timberwolf]

Er, this one?

Times said:

A drinkable bottle of wine for £2.99 will soon be a thing of the past, say experts in the agricultural industry mag The Grocer, due to poor harvests and the rising costs of oil, glass, cork, packaging and transportation. Even something for a fiver will be difficult to come by.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3397881.ece 

Edited by Timberwolf on Wednesday 20th February 10:52

[escargot]

Don said:

Is cheap lager tax going up too?

Ah, I forgot, it's the middle classes who drink too much, isn't it. After all its only the middle classes you find in the town centre pissing up against shop windows and bludgeoning one another to death on Saturday nights after ten pints of green-death. They must go there right after dinner over that soon-to-be very expensive bottle of average plonk from Tesco.

s. Is there no end to their spite?

Its a shame we don't riot. It really is. Instead we'll all moan about it on the internet and worry how we'll afford to send the kids to a school where they aren't beaten up of a lunchtime and might actually come away with qualifications employers recognise...

Quite. s.

[ianqv]

I say lets riot!!!
Perhaps we can make our point about the new congestion charge as well!!

[Bob the Planner]

Looks like its time to bring back wine from France rather than Mobile One. Say luvvy ! Oh and more trips t'other side ot channel.

[marlinmunro]

Bob the Planner said:

Looks like its time to bring back wine from France rather than Mobile One. Say luvvy ! Oh and more trips t'other side ot channel.

I am thinking of not bringing wine or oil back. Will be no need if we stay there :

[Bob the Planner]

Alright for some

[Deva Link]

marlinmunro said:

Article todays Times, the £2.99 bottle of wine to go. Gordon and his finger puppet have decided its time we pay much more for our tipple. I would swear they think things up to encourage us to move to France!

What, you'd move to France where you'd pay even more imcome tax than you do in the UK? Hmmm...that makes sense

[i want an aero]

Deva Link said:

marlinmunro said:

Article todays Times, the £2.99 bottle of wine to go. Gordon and his finger puppet have decided its time we pay much more for our tipple. I would swear they think things up to encourage us to move to France!

What, you'd move to France where you'd pay even more imcome tax than you do in the UK? Hmmm...that makes sense

but duty on everything else is so low it makes sense, house prices are cheaper and no robbing council tax either

[Deva Link]

i want an aero said:

Deva Link said:

marlinmunro said:

Article todays Times, the £2.99 bottle of wine to go. Gordon and his finger puppet have decided its time we pay much more for our tipple. I would swear they think things up to encourage us to move to France!

What, you'd move to France where you'd pay even more imcome tax than you do in the UK? Hmmm...that makes sense

but duty on everything else is so low it makes sense, house prices are cheaper and no robbing council tax either

If it makes sense, what's holding you back?