tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post2897471234081652130..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Minimum Alcohol Pricing Folly: Meal DealsDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-8477253964417158932013-02-01T13:58:09.184+00:002013-02-01T13:58:09.184+00:00Brings back memories of Sunday trading laws. Free ...Brings back memories of Sunday trading laws. Free sofa with this carrot. Only £499.99.JonathanBagleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-10148322319803786042013-01-31T23:11:07.167+00:002013-01-31T23:11:07.167+00:00Yeah, it wasn't the Blair government's “in...Yeah, it wasn't the Blair government's “intention” to boost hunt memberships to unprecedented levels or shut half the pubs in the country. Laws have unintended consequences. Stupid ones doubly so.<br /><br />Are meal deals going to be <em>explicitly</em> excluded from the Nats' price controls (which, as you say, will lead to a frenzy of pizza-and-Special-Brew offers) or is it going to be left to “discretion” - undermining the rule of law on a nod and a wink - again?Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-78713165884444366962013-01-31T17:42:34.656+00:002013-01-31T17:42:34.656+00:00Cameron has no chance. It's illegal in the EU ...Cameron has no chance. It's illegal in the EU and you can bet the wine producers will compain to the European Council et al.Dr Evilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-6327873950516014162013-01-31T09:39:18.225+00:002013-01-31T09:39:18.225+00:00MacDonalds in California reacted it in a similar w...MacDonalds in California reacted it in a similar way when the bansturbaters banned free toys with Happy Meals. As I recall, they kept the price of the meal unchanged but offered toys for something like 5 cents . I think Dick covered the story.prognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-41720912463073372202013-01-31T07:14:13.307+00:002013-01-31T07:14:13.307+00:00Not just more work for them Dick. The junk science...Not just more work for them Dick. The junk science required will guarantee work for the otherwise unemployable psychology graduates who will be needed to produce the absurd statistics to support whatever twaddle the politicians concoct. Virtually nobody outside the weird world of public health believes a word that they say but the effluent just keeps on coming thanks to our "caring" government.Ivan Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-41773493033224057732013-01-30T23:47:22.575+00:002013-01-30T23:47:22.575+00:00As an aside.... we know the're at it... it is ...As an aside.... we know the're at it... it is heartening to see how inept some of "them" are when it comes to tinkering with Wikipedia:<br /><br />http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/30/wikipedia-climate-fiddler-william-connolley-is-in-the-news-again/<br /><br /><br /><br />5428 episodes of tinkering - what a busy boy.moonrakinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-86429296082408782132013-01-30T21:35:00.519+00:002013-01-30T21:35:00.519+00:00A lunchtime meal deal! The possibilities are endle...A lunchtime meal deal! The possibilities are endless. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-7785047824620069452013-01-30T21:33:05.391+00:002013-01-30T21:33:05.391+00:00If my blog stats this month are anything to go by ...If my blog stats this month are anything to go by (biggest month ever apart from Stony Stratford July), perhaps their excesses are becoming more widely recognised. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-4571379529242177202013-01-30T21:31:05.620+00:002013-01-30T21:31:05.620+00:00now that Gideon has seen the fall in revenues it i...now that Gideon has seen the fall in revenues it is going nowhere. but I was quite looking forward to getting a free four pack of Calsberg with my packet of Scotch eggsCarpe Zythahttp://twitter.com/CarpeZythanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-39981316820284109962013-01-30T21:29:44.511+00:002013-01-30T21:29:44.511+00:00Glorious! :)Glorious! :)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15618642226795928862013-01-30T20:53:22.731+00:002013-01-30T20:53:22.731+00:00What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to i...What a tangled web we weave, when we practice to interfere with free-market prices.<br /><br />You will appreciate this, given your interest in transport: In the early 1970s when US air fares were government controlled and everyone was making above-market rents, they naturally tried to compete for customers somehow. So they did it with ridiculously fancy meals. Then came a rule that on some flights they were only allowed to serve a sandwich. The result (or so I hear -- it was before my time, of course) was the "sandwich wars", featuring such innovations as a whole lobster between two pieces of bread.Carl Phillipshttp://www.facebook.com/carl.phillips.73noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-74750919899808036842013-01-30T18:59:00.712+00:002013-01-30T18:59:00.712+00:00re: your last sentence.
Nope ... they'll tota...re: your last sentence.<br /><br />Nope ... they'll totally ignore any questions and change the subject ...<br /><br />These gits are so far beyond their legitimate mandate that they think themselves omnipotent and beyond all accountability.<br /><br /><br /><br />Unless we jerk their chains with P45s for serial incompetence or haul them in front of the courts for fraud or worse - they'll be proved right.moonrakinnoreply@blogger.com