14p on a bottle of wine ?!?!

Cropduster84
Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Darling and his budget can sod off, we're not all bingers!!!
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    oh come on!
    as if 14p will make ANY difference to you buying a bottle!

    even if you were drinking 1 every day that would make £1/week!
  • Cropduster84
    Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    Pegasus wrote:
    oh come on!
    as if 14p will make ANY difference to you buying a bottle!

    even if you were drinking 1 every day that would make £1/week!


    hmmm, still, its taxing lifes little pleasures again.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,080
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    Darling and his budget can sod off, we're not all bingers!!!

    speak english! :)
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    mookeywrench wrote:
    speak english! :)
    It is english, don't bring your american raping of the english language into this! :p


    It's a stupid hike. As if adding 4p onto a pint and 14p onto a bottle of wine is going to stop any binge drinkers. They're just adding on tax for the sake of it. Unless they add 2 or 3 quid onto a pint it's not going to make the faintest difference. The binge drinking excuse is a bit stupid to say the least.
    Paul
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  • stylo17
    stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    ok lmao i have NOOOO idea what i'm reading in this thread.

    apparently wine prices went up...... but that's all i can say haha
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  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    fowls wrote:
    It is english, don't bring your american raping of the english language into this! :p


    It's a stupid hike. As if adding 4p onto a pint and 14p onto a bottle of wine is going to stop any binge drinkers. They're just adding on tax for the sake of it. Unless they add 2 or 3 quid onto a pint it's not going to make the faintest difference. The binge drinking excuse is a bit stupid to say the least.
    sure the binge drinking excuse is stupid.
    like the ciggies..unless it goes up by 50p or a £1, people will moan then just cough up.

    but hey, on the bright side, next month the basic income tax rate goes down to 20% apparently!! :D
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    Could be worse - you could live in Dublin! You always have cheaper drink :( More expensive drink hasn't stopped our drinking though - we just drink more at home instead, go to pubs a li'l tipsy and spend less there.
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    Pegasus wrote:
    but hey, on the bright side, next month the basic income tax rate goes down to 20% apparently!! :D
    ...I'm applying for jobs in the NHS. There is no bright side for me :p
    Paul
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Liquor prices are raised at least once a year in Canada.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Rygar wrote:
    Liquor prices are raised at least once a year in Canada.
    same here.. although the government had a price freeze for about a year or two... other than that, it's quite normal to read about drink taxes going up :rolleyes:
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  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    same here.. although the government had a price freeze for about a year or two... other than that, it's quite normal to read about drink taxes going up :rolleyes:
    Seems to me that 14 on a bottle of wine is a pretty mild increase...
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    stylo17 wrote:
    ok lmao i have NOOOO idea what i'm reading in this thread.

    apparently wine prices went up...... but that's all i can say haha

    lol. wine prices went up and the excuse is that it'll stop/prevent/whatever binge drinking. binge drinking meaning very heavy comsumption of alcohol.

    any clearer? :D
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  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    eMMI wrote:
    binge drinking meaning very heavy comsumption of alcohol.
    It's not even that! Getting slightly tipsy = Binge drinking.

    The government are never going to solve the problem of 'binge drinking'. Alcohol is a drug. People take drugs to get intoxicated. Getting intoxicated is binge drinking. So really the only way to stop it is to change all alcoholic drinks into non-alcoholic drinks... does anyone really drink spirits for the taste?!
    Paul
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  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    Green Geckos rocking throttle bit ya?
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  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    fowls wrote:
    does anyone really drink spirits for the taste?!

    Yes, some of them.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Pauk
    Pauk Posts: 1,084
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Yes, some of them.
    Well I can understand whisky... but Vodka?! Urgh.
    Paul
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  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    fowls wrote:
    Well I can understand whisky... but Vodka?! Urgh.

    Yeah Vodka on its own is pretty fowl.
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    Yeah Vodka on its own is pretty fowl.
    hahaha, that goes into the dork thread for sure!
  • surfanddestroy
    surfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Rygar wrote:
    hahaha, that goes into the dork thread for sure!

    And why would that be?
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    And why would that be?
    Was your joke not intentional?

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