tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post5205062147434687749..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Truth Will Set You Free!Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-20303794892380363032014-09-12T07:57:09.297+01:002014-09-12T07:57:09.297+01:00Well, in my youth we had an absurd situation:
Mo...Well, in my youth we had an absurd situation:<br /><br /><br />Most bars, discos, etc. have a contract with a brewery. So they used to offer other products at higher prices to encourge the sales. Sensible from a purely economic point of view.<br /><br /><br />The effect was, that even simple water was more expensive than beer. And what would a lot people with a small budget (like teenagers) chose to drink when they just went there to e.g. dance? The cheapest.<br /><br /><br />So in my opinion it is a quite reasonable, not too intrusive regulation. No mandatory minimum price for alcohol. If sell beer at 5€ it would be totally sufficient to sell the cheapest water for 4€.Norbert Zillatronhttp://www.efvi.eu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46757956777728826332014-09-11T22:03:02.969+01:002014-09-11T22:03:02.969+01:00The State telling you what to sell in your own bus...The State telling you what to sell in your own business is 'sensible'?Edgarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-39553012056722109462014-09-11T14:53:36.752+01:002014-09-11T14:53:36.752+01:00Ye Gods, assuming your calculations are based on 1...Ye Gods, assuming your calculations are based on 10 units per bottle (I haven't a clue, I don't take any notice of that stuff), if they applied a 50P MUP here, my 10 litre boxes of Merlot (12.8% ABV), which I pay €20 (about £16) for would go up to around the £135 mark! It doesn't even bear thinking about...<br /><br />Thank heavens the Greeks take no notice of the shrill shills in the prohibitionist camps. I'm sure if they tried to impose MUP here they would be faced with a popular uprising!nisakimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-28967370839713891262014-09-11T11:43:02.490+01:002014-09-11T11:43:02.490+01:00It's SO obvious it will only really affect the...It's SO obvious it will only really affect the lower income people - even those of us who like an occasional drink. I enjoy a Pimms now and again, but can only have one when, like this summer, Morrisons had it on offer at a litre for £10. I still have a quarter of that left and have enjoyed what I have consumed, one, maybe 2 a weekend, if that. However, if it had been at the full price I could not have bought it! I also enjoy a glass of wine with Sunday lunch, but as that is all I do drink it is pointless buying by the bottle, so I buy the small bottles which are about a glass size. If the price of these go up any more I won't be able to afford that little pleasure either!<br /><br /><br />I do not frequent pubs, not that I did much before the ban, not being much of a drinker, so the little I do drink at home (forgot to mention the Baileys around Christmas time) could be priced out of my pocket. Yet something else I will be banned from because a load of muppets are striving to keep their precious, vastly over-inflated salaries! Wonder what will be next? Never know, they might want to tax sex next - they are definitely crazy and greedy enough!!!truckerlynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-71155546724537601762014-09-11T11:02:21.954+01:002014-09-11T11:02:21.954+01:00Moderate drinkers certainly will be affected. I bu...Moderate drinkers certainly will be affected. I buy Valdepenas from Lidl, which I find perfectly acceptable at £3.69 a bottle, which works out at 35p a unit. This wine occupies the most shelf space of any one brand and so is popular in the fairly low income town in which I live. Increasing the unit price by 15p will cost the 21 units a week drinker an extra £163 a year: a not insubstantial sum. I'm annoyed that these 12p a year claims are always accepted by the main- stream press. It only takes a couple of minutes of arithmetic.JonathanBagleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-14549927210029819532014-09-11T00:55:58.608+01:002014-09-11T00:55:58.608+01:00On pricing there is one sensible regulation here i...On pricing there is <i>one</i> sensible regulation here in Germany:<br /><br />Each bar or restaurant must offer at least one nonalcoholic beverage that costs less than the cheapest alcoholic drink (for the same volume).Norbert Zillatronhttp://www.efvi.eu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46277424277269190482014-09-10T22:08:55.028+01:002014-09-10T22:08:55.028+01:00WTF is wrong with this country, pretty soon we wil...WTF is wrong with this country, pretty soon we will lose our place near the top of the European "Highest alcohol consumption per capita" League.Mark Wadsworthhttp://markwadsworth.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.com