Reply to: One we have Prohibition, what's next?

[Sysman]

Yeah, let's pretend that alcohol doesn't exist.

Then the problem will go away.

Law of unintended consequences :
Does that mean that doing the afternoon/early evening shop, they will have to barricade the booze aisles, until 9pm. How convenient. Oh how I shall laugh.

They'll be after banning the displays of alcohol products.

They've already tried it with cigs. Alcohol next?

From October 2011 large shops will have had to remove all tobacco displays from the point of sale and smaller businesses will have to comply by 2013.

Did this become law or not?

There were also concerns that the ban will increase smuggling of tobacco.

Gosh! Surely not!

[Diver]

• Ban the sale of alcohol from supermarkets and corner shops, petrol stations etc.
  
  
• Only Licensed Off-licence premises (dedicated wine merchants etc. Not food stores) and pubs, clubs to be allowed to sell drink.
  
  
• Restaurants to sell by the glass or bottle for on the premises consumption only, and only with the purchase of a meal (Main course)
  
  
• Ban Happy Hour and 2 for 1 etc. offers.
  
  
• Minimum pricing

[Board Game Geek]

"Call for pre-9pm ban on alcohol TV ads"

Link.

Yeah, let's pretend that alcohol doesn't exist.

Then the problem will go away.

Law of unintended consequences :
Does that mean that doing the afternoon/early evening shop, they will have to barricade the booze aisles, until 9pm. How convenient. Oh how I shall laugh.

[RichardCranium]

"Call for pre-9pm ban on alcohol TV ads"

Link.

A committee of MPs has called for a ban on alcohol advertising before 9pm on television, on billboards or posters near schools and on social networking websites.

The report called for alcohol advertising to be banned in films under an 18 rating and said that billboards and posters promoting alcohol should not be allowed within 100m of any school.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I'm presuming that abroad isn't Germany, Spain, Ireland, France or switzerland.
they wouldn't come hre for the healthcare or the educashun.

Er, no. The world is a bit bigger than that. In fact, most people abroad don't live in any of those countries.

[TykeMerc]

which of those two groups have the most chance of survivability in the event of an accident?

Sadly it's the chavscum that would live.

[Troll]

OK, you seem to have an issue with 'inexperienced bikers' so maybe you could give a comparison...

You appear to have an issue... not certain what you want me to provide a comparison about

Inexperienced in this instance means unused to the performance of the vehicle ...could be a car or a bike.

[sasguru]

When you live abroad and talk to the locals you find out why people are so keen to get here even if they take very low paid work. The 'free' health care and education for their children is a big magnet.

I'm presuming that abroad isn't Germany, Spain, Ireland, France or switzerland.
they wouldn't come hre for the healthcare or the educashun.

[sasguru]

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Its concept was noble enough - but now handicapped by increased costs and an ageing and expanding population.

Indeed and it should be scrapped. It really is mediocre even after the huge amount of cash labour have thrown at it.
What annoys me is that there is really no easy way to opt out of the system altogether as GPs are gate keepers.

[Troll]

Yes that must the reason for the NHS problems. Tis the immigrants and nothing to do with the fact that it's the largest socialised healthcare system in the world and that no other country is stupid enough to organise it like that.



No I think we have our own stupid Labour politicians starting with Bevan to blame for that.

It was a system born from an earlier time when the country had been through a terrible World War and the notion that Health care should be a right rather than at the whim of charity, also WW2 had put in place an fledgling infrastructure.
Its concept was noble enough - but now handicapped by increased costs and an ageing and expanding population.

[ratewhore]

which of those two groups have the most chance of survivability in the event of an accident?

OK, you seem to have an issue with 'inexperienced bikers' so maybe you could give a comparison...

[Troll]

OK, how about comparing inexperienced bikers (define inexperienced btw) with chav scum in citroen saxos...

which of those two groups have the most chance of survivability in the event of an accident?

[HairyArsedBloke]

When you live abroad and talk to the locals you find out why people are so keen to get here even if they take very low paid work. The 'free' health care and education for their children is a big magnet.

[sasguru]

Was talking to a NHS Consultant friend t'other day - he and his colleagues gave the NHS 5 years max - mainly due to the amount of immigrants presenting themselves with untreated congenital defects i.e. birth defects not actioned in the country of birth, but now being presented for rectification on the NHS by all these new citizens.

...suppose it's only fair

Yes that must the reason for the NHS problems. Tis the immigrants and nothing to do with the fact that it's the largest socialised healthcare system in the world and that no other country is stupid enough to organise it like that.



No I think we have our own stupid Labour politicians starting with Bevan to blame for that.

[ratewhore]

not really comparable is it?

OK, how about comparing inexperienced bikers (define inexperienced btw) with chav scum in citroen saxos...