Government proposes minimum alcohol price

metbandit1 said:
Hopefully it'll make cheap beer more expensive in supermarkets. Although I doubt it.

Chea supermarket booze is stopping people going out drinking :(
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No, wasted drunken idiots stops some people going out drinking.

This does nothing to tackle to culture of getting wasted.
 
It was a bad idea when the snp introduced it in Scotland, and it is still a bad idea now.

Booze is not the problem, people are, so attacking alcohol will never actually work.
 
OldCoals said:
No, wasted drunken idiots stops some people going out drinking.

This does nothing to tackle to culture of getting wasted.
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I don't want it to tackle the culture of getting wasted, I want supermarket prices to be such that it is at the same level as going out and getting wasted. I want people to do it at pubs instead of at home. That's what the brewing industry needs.
 
Dolph said:
It was a bad idea when the snp introduced it in Scotland, and it is still a bad idea now.

Booze is not the problem, people are, so attacking alcohol will never actually work.
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Spot on, we have a culture of going out to get wasted. Until this is addressed nothing will change.
 
metbandit1 said:
I don't want it to tackle the culture of getting wasted, I want supermarket prices to be such that it is at the same level as going out and getting wasted. I want people to do it at pubs instead of at home. That's what the brewing industry needs.
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You seemed to have completely missed the point.
 
Was always going to happen.

Shame just more BS which won't work. Also won't affet me, everything I buy is above the minimum anyway, unless pubs/shops see it as an excuse to rise all prices.
 
So basically they just want to attack me, the average Joe that has a 5 or 6 beers at home a week and takes advantage of a bulk buying price.

Cameron goes on about rescuing the local pub, BS. I don't want to go a drink in a pub when I get in from work at £2-3 odd per pint. I want be with my wife and family and relax.

Who is this extra revenue going to exactly?

The problem is the people in the pubs/towns on a friday and saturday. Or the idiots you hear saying they are going out on saturday to get wasted. That will not be impacted one bit by a 40p per unit minimum.

All it will do is take a few more quid out of my pocket per week and make me double my production with the homebrew kit!

I have never seen a home drinker staggering up the road on a saturday night or laying in the gutter.
 
Unlike having your own oil well, for cheap fuel, or tobacco plants for cheap cigarettes, it's concievable to brew your own alchohol at home. Maybe this tax will encourage the uptake.
 
lowrider007 said:
At only 40p I really don't see how this is going to help, it's just going to make alcoholics poorer, it think it would have to be @ £1 a unit or something silly before it would deter people, seems like a stealth tax increase to me.
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clearly its just for the tax..
 
Well I agree with this. No it won't stop an alcoholic from drinkinig but it might disuade young ones from starting.

My only worry is that instead of drinking the youth will turn to other, cheaper "highs" which are far more addictive and dangerous.
 
Just found this gem, surly it make it pointless, just up the price and do a constant half price deal

The government says it is considering banning buy-one-get-one-free deals but, at the same time, it will allow half-price promotions.
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So creats of twelfth, 2 for £16, goes upto a minimum of ~£22 but then they can do special offers :confused:
 
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