I make less than �18K

[col craddock]

...........a lot less ,my local pub is about to raise the beer prices by a further 5p thanks to Alistair Sweetheat. Two weeks ago the prices went up by 10 p a pint because the the breweries upt their prices. I drink bitter,its now �2.35 a pint about to rise to �2.40. Our governmental masters think that by upping the the price of a pint will make a difference to the binge drinking culture. That is utter bullox . Kids dont drink beer, lager maybe but their alcohol intake is by alchopops, vodka jellies shots, I dont know what else, but the whole thing scares me for the future of my country

[weeal]

i think there are far greater worries than the price of a pint dont you?

[dot.hawkes]

Buy it in halves then

[stokemaveric]

at the end of the day going out for a pint is 1 pleasure a hard working man has now its getting beyond the means of some people......a disgrace.....i agree with you col craddock......

[MONTCRIEFF49]

thought u wer leving

we are left to worry about the prices

wats your local then
england or far away
plese tell us before we say gud bye again

lol a/berssssssssssssssssssss

[figure]

What exactly are vodka jellies, Col Craddock? I also came across it on another thread.

[Buenchico]

I love pubs but because I'm somewhere between 'unemployed' and 'self employed' (i.e. I get occasional casual work), I haven't been able to afford to enter one since Christmas Eve. I don't seem to have dropped dead yet. (i.e. the price of a pint is far from being the most important thing in the world).

I agree that a few pence on the price of drinks won't stop binge drinking. The only way to do that would be to put up the price of all drinks dramatically so that, for example, a pint of beer or lager would cost, say, �10. Are you really advocating that , Col C?

Figure wants to know what 'vodka jellies' are. The answer is 'exactly what it sounds like' ;-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A291007

Chris

[figure]

Thanks for the information Buenchico Chris! x

[dabees]

I see your point regarding binge drinking Chris, but wouldn't that be another nail in the coffin for the common man/woman?

The less well off are already taxed to the hilt, why remove another of our pleasures?

The poor only started to drink because it was safer than the water available, alcohol is a right for the workers, it shouldn't only be available to the financial elite.

In my opinion, education on the evils of excess alcohol should be a priority. Not pricing it out of the reach of the masses. The rich are culpable too.

[dabees]

oops, sorry Chris, after reading again, i see you are on my side..... :-(

[ELVIS68]

All these price rises are doing nothing to kerb binge drinking, the landlords will be rubbing their hands at the thought of upping the cost of drinks

It`s the city centre pubs and bars that allow all this sh!t to happen

Any pub or bar that needs doormen on a Friday or Saturday night should be shut down

Ban all them alcopos, vodka jellies etc and sell proper beer

[legend004]

proper beer ?




as opposed to artificial beer ?

[Goodsoulette]

10 p on your beer or no cancer treatment for x amount of patients. The non essentials should be taxed and not a soul here should ever need a pint, it is a luxury.

[China Doll]

You're not going to curb binge drinking in Britain until you change our cultural attitude to it.