alcohol prices set to rise

[nybor62]

the goverment ,in there efforts to stop binge drinking, are set to increase prices based on how many units of alcohol there is.about 50 pence on a bottle of wine
not sure how much on beer,s yet , the working class get it in the neck again

 

[jay]

that sucks:8:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

thing is though, big supermarkets and other producers will always try to make sure that prices don't go too high. there will always be "deals" on alcohol. people might just have to be flexible on what they buy. a lot of the wine that I buy is usually produced for the supermarket anyway. I don't tend to buy much branded wine.

and a bottle of gin will last me at least 3-4 months :smilewinkgrin: I just remember the good old days of drinking diamond white cider and being drunk on one can :lol:

 

[david campbell]

noooooooooooooo!

 

[Deleted member 9966]

noooooooooooooo!

how about going tee-total dc?

 

[david campbell]

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if alcohol prices continue to rise we can always go back to the old faithful :smilewinkgrin:

 

[david campbell]

how about going tee-total dc?

i did try that one morning!

 

[nybor62]

thing is though, big supermarkets and other producers will always try to make sure that prices don't go too high. there will always be "deals" on alcohol. people might just have to be flexible on what they buy. a lot of the wine that I buy is usually produced for the supermarket anyway. I don't tend to buy much branded wine.

and a bottle of gin will last me at least 3-4 months :smilewinkgrin: I just remember the good old days of drinking diamond white cider and being drunk on one can :lol:

diamond white cider ,yeah i remember that well ,evil stuff:lol:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

alcohol I can live without. Food I cannot live without. :lol:

 

[david campbell]

i can live without alcohol also i just prefer not to!

i originally come from the east end of glasgow so my life expectancy is about 62 anyway!i'm here for a good time not a long time............lol:smilewinkgrin:

 

[nybor62]

i live in a small mining town called maltby,a while ago our mp was asked to look in the affects of binge drinking on kids , now were he lives which is maltby we have a massive problem with this, he could look out of his back door over the fields to see all the gangs drinking, but know he was wiser than that , he went all the way to new zealand to study the affects of binge drinking,and all his family went along as well , now is it me or is that stupid :mad2:

 

[david campbell]

i live in a small mining town called maltby,a while ago our mp was asked to look in the affects of binge drinking on kids , now were he lives which is maltby we have a massive problem with this, he could look out of his back door over the fields to see all the gangs drinking, but know he was wiser than that , he went all the way to new zealand to study the affects of binge drinking,and all his family went along as well , now is it me or is that stupid :mad2:

yes more tax money wisely spent.........NOT:ban:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

i live in a small mining town called maltby,a while ago our mp was asked to look in the affects of binge drinking on kids , now were he lives which is maltby we have a massive problem with this, he could look out of his back door over the fields to see all the gangs drinking, but know he was wiser than that , he went all the way to new zealand to study the affects of binge drinking,and all his family went along as well , now is it me or is that stupid :mad2:

what an interesting waste of tax payers money :ban: I doubt that putting prices up will curb binge drinking. if anything, it will probably just fuel crimes like muggings and burglary, so that those who are addicted can get hold of the cash to pay for the booze.

 

[DHTiling]

Just watching this on the news this morning.

The goverment haven't actually said they are going to but it is this group called NICE(The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ) that are trying to get the prices increased and are putting forward their opinions/findings etc to the goverment.

About NICE

http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/CG/Wave17/1

 

[DHTiling]

I think they need to look at other ways of tackling binge drinking rather than just increasing tax duty on drinks or the proposed minimum price per unit.