tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post5159365468087086209..comments2024-03-25T18:49:00.608+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: When is 8% not 8%?Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-63532407615819735712012-04-26T09:27:31.356+01:002012-04-26T09:27:31.356+01:00I can make the case, Mudge.
A campaign for someth...I can make the case, Mudge.<br /><br />A campaign for something is always likely to be in some case a campaign against what it sees as an alternative. A drink at home is an alternative to a drink in a pub.<br /><br />Therefore supporting such measures are intended to damage the alternative in the hope of benefiting what it is campaigning for with the bonus of wrapping itself in the language of responsible drinking.<br /><br />A case of opportunism mixed with cynicism and sadly exposing the myth of "a campaign for choice" as "a campaign to choose what we approve of, and where possible remove what we don't"Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-44129164560689250762012-04-25T20:58:51.582+01:002012-04-25T20:58:51.582+01:00"promoting "responsible drinking in"..."promoting "responsible drinking in"<br /><br />Actually I really think they are very much promoting that because almost everyone wants responsible drinking. What's to argue with about being responsible?<br />The 'sleight of hand' lies in their ever changing definition of what is 'responsible'.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-18318619714812664802012-04-25T17:36:16.022+01:002012-04-25T17:36:16.022+01:00I've not actually seen anyone in the blogosphe...I've not actually seen anyone in the blogosphere put the CAMRA case <b>for</b> minimum pricing. And the "wrong allies" point is a very important point - CAMRA is basically lining up with the "enemy".<br /><br />It is wishful thinking that the anti-drink lobby are really interested in promoting "responsible drinking in the controlled environment of the community pub".Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-75387866571007102162012-04-25T17:31:28.902+01:002012-04-25T17:31:28.902+01:00Me too. And I wrote to the Chairman saying
"I...Me too. And I wrote to the Chairman saying<br />"I think espousing this cause is something we'll come to regret. It puts us in the wrong place and with the wrong "allies" in my opinion."<br /><br />I will return to the subject in due course.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-77609024641342973702012-04-25T14:04:26.078+01:002012-04-25T14:04:26.078+01:00Cookie, as you know I am very much a semi-detached...Cookie, as you know I am very much a semi-detached member of the beard club, and thus would be broadly on the same side of said wager as your good self.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-53242097028787969992012-04-25T13:39:35.884+01:002012-04-25T13:39:35.884+01:00Fancy a wager, Mudge?
I bet your beard club don&#...Fancy a wager, Mudge?<br /><br />I bet your beard club don't wake up to minimum pricing until over 2 years after it is implemented, and after at least a couple of increases in the minimum.<br /><br />Then they will seek to amend it, seek exemptions, campaign against it with an e-petition and deny ever supporting it in the first place.<br /><br />You can take the option they will continue to support it on principle and never deny supporting it.<br /><br />1 pint of the pongyist artisan craft pong?Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com