tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post3910062131113625181..comments2024-03-29T08:01:51.705+00:00Comments on The Pub Curmudgeon: Levelling the playing fieldCurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-46646375601463727192012-12-03T20:45:16.748+00:002012-12-03T20:45:16.748+00:00Isn't Damian McBride one of the characters min...Isn't Damian McBride one of the characters minimum pricing is designed to deal with?JJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-7485730276644208192012-12-03T14:22:46.661+00:002012-12-03T14:22:46.661+00:00Can anyone, perhaps Damian, answer the following?
...Can anyone, perhaps Damian, answer the following?<br /><br />If £3.59 wine goes up to £4.22, what will be the new price of £3.99, £4.49, £4.99, £5.49, £5.99, etc. wine?Jonathan Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331501151709216753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64319540639824442312012-12-03T13:58:25.984+00:002012-12-03T13:58:25.984+00:00I thought you were one of there few remaining plea...I thought you were one of there few remaining pleasures in life for old ladies, Mudge.<br /><br />Oh what a strange coalition is forming against toff Daves plan to stop the poor from drinking.<br /><br />The nasty piece of work that is McBride who quit over spreading lies about peoples sex lives lining up with the fruitcakes of UKIP. I don't like minimum pricing but I like the some of those campaigning against it less.<br /><br />I'd pay a quid a unit for grog if it meant scuttlebutts like McBride crawling back into the woodwork.<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-3453497130363420872012-12-03T13:40:59.401+00:002012-12-03T13:40:59.401+00:00It would also greatly increase the price of sherry...It would also greatly increase the price of sherry, which falls into the same duty category as Buckfast, thus depriving many old ladies of one of their few pleasures in life...Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-64586836550443925882012-12-03T13:33:35.438+00:002012-12-03T13:33:35.438+00:00Just to clarify the point about Buckfast, what I&#...Just to clarify the point about Buckfast, what I'm assuming is that - if the 45p minimum price was enforced by taxation alone - that would mean such a huge hike in the tax paid per unit of alcohol on a bottle of Buckfast, that either the retail price would have to rise significantly to keep the manufacturers' profits at their current level, or it would simply cease to exist. Maybe no great loss where Buckfast is concerned, but the same could easily happen to Cider. If the 45p per unit minimum is enforced as proposed in the MUP consultation document - which I maintain is impossible - then I agree Buckfast will hardly be affected, which rather defeats the purpose of the MUP! Cheers!Damianhttp://dpmcbride.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623537812609722663.post-7367522952849672052012-12-03T13:22:16.298+00:002012-12-03T13:22:16.298+00:00I'm not sure what you mean by relative boost, ...I'm not sure what you mean by relative boost, as all drinks will have the same minimum price per unit, yes single measures of spirits could be cheaper but a pint does have more alcohol than a single measure a 4% pint is equivalent to a double in terms of numbers of units (well even more in fact as its 568ml). The prices of everything under the minimum will rise to the minimum, but spirits prices may rise more overall as they tend to be cheaper per unit than beers in the off-trade in any case, which will serve to make beer look cheaper in comparison (lower price rise).beersiveknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293913182389157112noreply@blogger.com