joshnii 2 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Seems like a drastic measure and one that will punish moderate drinkers as well as the targer heavy yob types. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Rab C. Nesbitt won't be happy! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 just have to go to the Summerfield's across the border. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm all for it, then revenue can be redirected into subsidising lift ticket prices (ps, i dont drink LOL) Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Not practical if you are in the highlands hey thursday. Is there anywhere in the world that has some policy like this? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Very controversial, I actually didn't know that it had been ratified. Scotland unfortunately has a big problem with underage drinkers and the powers that be seem to think that hiking up the price is gonna stop this, the way i see it is that kids who wanna get their hands on booze are gonna do it regardless of the price (Just look at tobacco in the UK) and its gonna hit the responsible majority in the pocket. Typical. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Never stopped me as a kid! Doubt that it will have the desired effect now either. Does anyone know whether the charge is for the actual alcohol content or for the entire drink? If the former, that will increase the amount of lite beer (and the number) that the kids drink, if the latter, it will increase the number of high potency spirits they down. Either way, a loss to the community, not to mention the parents and families who'll likely lose a child/sibling to binge drinking/drink driving/etc etc. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Units of alcohol I believe. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Yeah Thats what I read. Its gonna be on a units per alcohol basis, so they said that a crate of beer which costs roughly 7 quid now, could/will jump to 20 quid!! Its still not cut and dry though as its gotta be put through the Scottish parliament and all the opposition parties are against it. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I can see the scottish parliament being against it. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Thugs will just steal more to get the booze. (Do I sound like the Daily Mail?) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday I can see the scottish parliament being against it. your dead right!! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I can't see this as being a solution to the 'binge drinking' thing. Who gets all the extra cash, is it a tax that will be put back into health care etc? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 It wn't be Big Will, its just another panic measure by those in charge cos they don't know what to do, but feel they have to do something. Will the tax be re-invested into health care etc....will it buggery Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 It'll be used for inner city policing. Cos they'll need it on Fridays and Saturdays. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 "will it buggery" Where are they saying it would go then? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 dunno but you can be damned sure that the extra revenue will not be reflected in an imporovement of NHS care. In the pockets of the politicos probably Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Oh you cynic Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Originally Posted By: pie-eater "will it buggery" Where are they saying it would go then? Where they SAY it will go, and where it eventually ends up are likely to be 10 (binary) different things. Cynic? Too right! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 It should go to public announcements of the same. It'll get ignored but that's money well spent. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 It'll probably go to the London Olympics, what with the costs rocketing!1 When has tax increases EVER actually had a noticeably positive effect on public spending? Never, it just goes into a black hole and nobody knows what happens after it! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 They're starting to talk about something similar in England. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Indeed - 50p a unit - means some things, ie spirits, will have a base minimum of £14 - 28 units at 50per unit - which is obscene! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I'm starting to not understand this. 50p for a unit of whisky is cheap is it not? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Not as the price of the drink in the pub, this is added as tax to the alcohol sold in supermarkets, so a bottle of whisky for arguements sake will have say 20 units per bottle, so that's an extra 10 quid on top of the price now to buy 1 bottle of whisky. Do the same for a 20 pack of beer and you start to see how expensive this is gonns be for mr and Mrs Joe McBloggs Link to post Share on other sites
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