tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post3706427435996629493..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Tax those disgusting common drinksCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-27559115092881989682009-10-10T20:33:49.695+01:002009-10-10T20:33:49.695+01:00The products they should be banning are those that...The products they should be banning are those that have alcohol above 8% by volume or higher...oh...wait a minute...that means wine...oh...we should be banning things that are cheap...oh...wait a minute...that means proper cider...<br /><br />There's also a proposal to make poor people drink from plastic containers. Will wine be served in plastic glasses in the House of Commons bar?<br /><br />Brian, follower of DeornothAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-48386361349177287862009-10-10T15:10:30.635+01:002009-10-10T15:10:30.635+01:00Of course, as mentioned here, when the Australian ...Of course, <a href="http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/health/tories%27-alcohol-taxes-won%27t-cure-binge-drinking--200910084244/" rel="nofollow">as mentioned here</a>, when the Australian government hiked the tax on alcopops, it led to a large rise in the consumption of spirits.<br /><br />Expect a large number of cheapo beers and ciders clustered at 0.1% under the threshold where the higher tax kicks in.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-24835677305347351002009-10-10T15:03:45.828+01:002009-10-10T15:03:45.828+01:00I wrote on this when he started talking about &quo...I wrote on this when he started talking about "alcopops" that there's really no way of classifying an "alcopop" without also including a mixed Pimms and lemonade.<br /><br />Or if they tax those too hard, pubs will just go back to rum and coke or gin and bitter lemon.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.com