tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post5623677792807861335..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Yakety Shapps, Don't Talk CrapDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-83976118494367911632010-09-07T22:18:51.327+01:002010-09-07T22:18:51.327+01:00Unless they take the blinkers off the next headlin...Unless they take the blinkers off the next headline will be 3500 Pubs close under the coalition.<br />But that is the other motive behind the ritcheous attack on the smoker ,the ritcheous crusade against the Pub.<br />Snce the early days of proohibition the anti smoking movement and the prohibitionist movement have had very close links.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-83351655157024377022010-09-07T19:34:19.644+01:002010-09-07T19:34:19.644+01:00The politicians are not listening
because not enou...The politicians are not listening<br />because not enough are shouting.<br />One fine day ,all the anti ban<br />bloggers,webbers and campaigns will<br />sit round the same table and map<br />out a united assault,first on the<br />agenda a lot more shouters.On those who choose to follow their own narrow paths,on these we can <br />put the blame for the current sorry<br />state of affairs.<br /><br />Waiting in hopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-47374285594948833862010-09-07T18:24:23.867+01:002010-09-07T18:24:23.867+01:00Did you see this article about how anti-pub the co...Did you see <a href="http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/9488/" rel="nofollow">this article</a> about how anti-pub the coalition's licensing reform plans are?<br /><br />As I've said before, the best thing the government can do for pubs is just leave them alone. The pub industry might well feel that Ronald Reagan had it right when he said: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I'm here to help.’”Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15037909358530204812010-09-07T17:00:51.342+01:002010-09-07T17:00:51.342+01:00Truly vomit inducing.
As a tax geek, let me point...Truly vomit inducing.<br /><br />As a tax geek, let me point out that all the yapping about beer duty being bad for pubs is, on closer inspection, complete bollocks - as beer duty tends to reduce price differential between supermarkets and pubs.<br /><br />The real killer tax is VAT which <i>increases</i> the price differential and makes pubs even more (relatively) expensive.<br /><br />Apart from lifting the smoking ban, the best thing they could do is reduce VAT a lot and hike beer duty, but they can't reduce VAT because EU says it must be 20 per cent.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com