Alcohol

[redvanman]

To stop alcohol abuse all the idiots fighting in alcohol should be fined £300 and more less to spend on booze and would not penalise the sensible drinkers so no need for the unit price

[Zacs-Master]

Oh yes, fighting in alcohol should be banned.

[friedgreentomato]

But the minimum unit price will not affect most people,the only people it will affect is those that drink the really really cheap stuff!

[Baldric]

The minimum unit price if adhered to would actually reduce the price of some of our booze.

[Graham-W]

If those who fight after drinking cheap cider change to a nice Chilean Piñon Noir, will we get a better class of fighting?

[Mick-Talbot]

fighting in alcohol sounds like fun.

[Baldric]

GW,
Indubitably!

[Mick-Talbot]

Typical red van man....................no indicators to let us know what he is doing.

(or in this case, commas)

[FredPuli43]

Depends how you define 'better class of fighting' but champagne parties produce some good ones. A champagne bottle makes a handy club for a bit of gbh with intent. Don't suppose that kind of drinker would notice £300.

[Baldric]

I'm still trying to decipher it!

[ummmm]

It's not really a sensible question though.

1) It doesn't really make sense.

2) It's more of a statement.

[sunny-dave]

"sensible answer"

The drinks industry are mobilising in the courts to stop any attempt to introduce minimum unit prices.

My guess is that some sort of fudged agreement on bogof deals and 'industrial' cider will be reached and minimum unit pricing will never happen.

[jno]

there are already penalties for fighting, whether you're doing it in alcohol or not.

[sunny-dave]

... and questions usually include a '?' symbol (or at least imply one) ...

[sandyRoe]

In 'dry' states in India you can get a doctor's note stating that you're an alcoholic. This allows you to buy and consume drinks in hotel bars.
Couldn't something similar be introduced here? Poor people who really need their cheap drink are going to be punished because of the irresponsible behaviour of a few yobs.

[DTCwordfan]

My thinking is on those lines, Sandy.......an ID card system for alcohol up to 25. 3 strikes (perhaps weighted to the seriousness of the offence) and you are out ré buying booze. And make it a much more serious offence to be caught supplying underage or banned people alcohol....... a sort of driving licence in effect.

No system is perfect and sure there will be flaws to the above, but clobbering those who respect alcohol, to me, is nuts. Any other ways of achieving a modicum of control out there, rather than trying to machine-gun suggestions?

[ummmm]

They already have a system in place, round here at least. You get ID'd if you look under 25 and if you get arrested for an alcohol related offence you get put on pubwatch and are barred from all town centre pubs.

[DTCwordfan]

Perhaps that should be extended - along with the card.....

[Baldric]

@ CW,
I actually feel you have raised a very good point, However in order to answer it with the gravitas you require, I need to know exactly what and where is this sensible question?

[Mosaic]

The squirearchy have been sozzled for generations but they were only ever foul to their employees and pets.
So if we create jobs as skivvies and substitute hounds, and distribute these newly-employed people across the land, then we solve several problems. The violence is legitimised and contained, jobs are created where none existed before, and people are acting aspirationally by aping the gentry.
You just know it makes sense.