50p a unit minimum price for booze
Discussion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7944334.stm
Doesnt affect me as I dont drink a lot, but I cant see this working - people will just pay it regardless of the price i'm sure.
Doesnt affect me as I dont drink a lot, but I cant see this working - people will just pay it regardless of the price i'm sure.
J500ANT said:
I cant see this working - people will just pay it regardless of the price i'm sure.
Overall I think you're right, but it might have an effect on some of the stronger beers and ales out there. Things like Duvel at 8.5% could see a bit of a hike per-bottle.I'd still buy it though. a
holes.nelly1 said:
Also: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/health/is-it-ti...Article said:
DOCTORS should be taxed every time they open their fat, smug, overpaid mouths, it was claimed last night.
People across Britain said the money could be reinvested in the NHS and used to pay for nice foreign doctors who just treat you instead of making you feel like Adolf Eichmann every time you fancy a Star Bar.
People across Britain said the money could be reinvested in the NHS and used to pay for nice foreign doctors who just treat you instead of making you feel like Adolf Eichmann every time you fancy a Star Bar.
I can really see in 10 years time, the government becoming something like the Minority Report movie, watching and having stupid laws and rules on how to live our day to day lives. They think they can control the damn country aswell as our own bloody lives.
Edited by SXi Lad on Saturday 14th March 23:55
Edited by SXi Lad on Saturday 14th March 23:56
I recently started brewing my own wine too. Cost aside, it's a bit of fun, and the results are usually highly entertaining.
Take, for example a country like Sweden. Bars aside, you can only buy from government owned off licences in this socialist ruled country- at an extortionate cost, of course.
So what does everyone do? Brew their own, of course. Except they don't bother with wine and beer over there, they make their own moonshine!
Take, for example a country like Sweden. Bars aside, you can only buy from government owned off licences in this socialist ruled country- at an extortionate cost, of course.
So what does everyone do? Brew their own, of course. Except they don't bother with wine and beer over there, they make their own moonshine!
Jasandjules said:
Look, let's be honest here.
They know full well this won't stop people drinking, but it WILL make them a s**t load of cash.
Quite so. Not dissimlilar to car tax rises to 'deter' people from driving 4x4s and sports cars etc - including the ones they already own. Do the government really think people are going to scrap their big engined car just because of the £400+ tax. Of course not. Do they think people will just grumble and pay up, providing yet more cash for our incompetent 'leaders' to waste? Yup.They know full well this won't stop people drinking, but it WILL make them a s**t load of cash.
Jasandjules said:
Look, let's be honest here.
They know full well this won't stop people drinking, but it WILL make them a s**t load of cash.
They know full well this won't stop people drinking, but it WILL make them a s**t load of cash.
I suspect they're 'banking' on people paying the extra - as they need to start clawing back the billions of our money they pi$$ed up the wall - and then pretend it's all for our own good - not that they're incompetent or anything...... I can see quite a few new tax hikes under the guise of looking out for our health.They are as transparent at a 0.2mm sheet of new glass just cleaned with Mr. Muscle.
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