http://news.sky.com/story/1017470/cheap-booze-ministers-to-reveal-curb-plans
I really cant see how this works.
1) It clobbers the poor
2) The late teen, early twenty drinkers have plenty of excess income a few pence will make little difference. And most pubs/nightclubs are well above it anyway so it wont clear up the streets
3) People will start to make their own which will be stronger and unregulated. (so bang goes your health theory)
4) Smuggling back again ? - just as with fags.
5) And is a time of austerity a good time?
6) Why can't we use the laws we have at the moment. Sell to underage - loose licence, sell to drunks - loose licence. That is how to stop it.
I'm sure there are many more reasons. Cameron seems hell bent on p*ssing off the electorate, clearly he does not want to be re-elected, it is the nanny state more than labour these days, I'm sure he is a clone of Blair.
And most importantly, will the minumum price be applied in the commons bar?