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This death began long ago in our area and (for once) it is not all down to government decisions.
Our nearest pub closed 6 years back. Now our not quite so local is practically dead on its feet, the owner wants to convert it into a private dwelling. Wandered up there Thurs about 10 pm and it was closed and dark so went to a pub I rarely frequent in the next village and, while they were doing great in the restaurant, the bar was deserted.
The local social club is the same mostly. I really don't know what people do any more round here, watch TV and drink Tescos booze on their sofas it seems.
The smoking ban is killing traditional boozers. Most pub regulars are smokers (in my experience) and they are staying away now, drinking elsewhere, where they can smoke.
Price will never stop people drinking alcohol. It's a drug, the cost of a drug is never an issue.
4 pubs have closed in my small town since the smoking ban, where are all those people who wanted a smoke free pint? Those shouting the loudest didn't even want to frequent pubs that much is obvious
It is an excuse to raise more money to pay civil servants pensions.
If they realy wanted to make a difference to teenage and binge drinking then they would have changed the law not the revenue.
For instance. It is not illegal for under age drinkers to possess alcohol, it is only illegal to sell it to them, so.... change the law so they can be arrested for possession and enforce the law concerning sales. Remove the licence of shops which never check age or persistantly sell booze to kids.
A few measly pence wont stop me drinking, I am a contractor after all.
Taxation could be good way to raise money from particular thing to tackle negative issues arising from that thing, like drinks. The problem of course is that Govt wants to use strealth taxes used for all sort of things and they don't want to tackle negative issues because it will prevent them from raising tax later.
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ATW the tax issue is a waste of space as teenagers don't drink the 40p lager. It's people who have parties who will buy it. I mean once you are that drunk you shouldn't be able to taste it.
I've only found one teenager who liked drinking beer and even he wouldn't drink lager - he drank real ale.
Teenagers drink sweet alcoholic drinks like cider, barcardi breezers, spirits with mixers and sweet wine.
The Tory's have recognised this but due to the law where duty can only be raised on spirits, wine and beer then it's raised across the board.
Basically if you want teenagers to stop binge drinking then you show loads of people p**** off their heads and give them the message it ain't cool. I can't tell the teenagers I know I've been that p**** as they can't understand why people do it.
Not what I mean. I mean taxation doesn't stop people from doing what they want where alcohol is concerned. I think it's the viking genes or something.
Taxation could be good way to raise money from particular thing to tackle negative issues arising from that thing, like drinks. The problem of course is that Govt wants to use strealth taxes used for all sort of things and they don't want to tackle negative issues because it will prevent them from raising tax later.
Tesco is very convenient for me. I would not buy their beer (nor anything from their "value" range).
Their whole stores are rather tacky - yet the prices are not cheap. Morrisons are much better, heck even ASDA is better than Tesco.
I think it's been proven (in the UK & Scandinavia at least) that this doesn't work when drinking to excess is examined.
Do you think if we compare how many young people get drunk here and there we will find that UK is not a lot worse than them? 40p Tesco Value Beer has no right to exist in this world, heck whole of Tesco is aweful.
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