Scotland's minimum pricing for alcohol

[telectrix]

 

[Andy5678]

His flames used to be fueled by the cheap cider. He is now out of a job

 

[telectrix]

cheap cider my arse. Glenfiddick.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Will we see a remake of rab c nesbit then? All sobered up and able to be understood.

What i dont get about the poison dwarf sturgeon is i have yet to meet anybody from scotland who has anything good to say about her.... sure there are snp supporters but given how many people dislike her. I reckon either the scots are either a lying or b really are drunkards as sonebody keeps voting for that poison dwarf

 

[buzzlightyear]

drunkards as sonebody keeps voting for that poison dwarf

I bet they would rather vote for little jimmy kranky

 

[Octopus]

Education on health matters would probably be more effective than increasing the price of booze ....... but we all know you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink!

 

[buzzlightyear]

but we all know you can lead a horse to water,

but a pencil must be lead .

 

[littlespark]

I didn't start this thread for any form of Scotland/England bashing.
I can let the 'sweaty socks' jibe pass, but there's been a couple of other comments way over the line. Behave!

I didn't vote for the SNP. I dont believe in independence. We are better off as a United Kingdom.
I also think Sturgeon looks like Jimmy Krankie, and I've seen her up close.

I initially didn't agree with the price change, and some of you put over a good point. There are pro's and cons. It may lead to more burglaries for example, so the desperate can steal money to fund their addiction.
It may become the norm if Wales and England follow suit.

 

[telectrix]

it obviously will not work. look at the horrendous tax on smokes and we still smoke as much as when 20 smokes cost 1/10d.

 

[Spoon]

I bet the 'home brew' shops in Scotland are loving it. Good news for them. As has already been mentioned, it won't stop the amount of alcohol someone intakes as they will just pay the difference or make their own.

 

[MDJ]

I personally do not think 50 pence a unit is a problem, it means a can of fosters would be just over a quid, it costs near that now, a bottle of whisky is a lot more than 50 pence a unit, it will be the strong cider and lager which increases in price and to be fair it may well be a good thing to tempt people to drink lower strength stuff, Scotland needs to worry about it's industry not putting up prices lol, there is more Jocks down here than up there, Jimmy Cranky needs to worry about the fact the way things are going up there she will be the only one left up there.

 

[pirate]

I bided my time...
but the very cheap, very strong drink is a problem. However, it takes more than a price-hike to cure the situation, and I don't pretend to have the answer.
For the record, I haven't met anyone who likes Nicola, I didn't vote for independence, and I didn't vote to leave the EU.
Just saying...

 

[telectrix]

Scotland has a choice. remain part of the UK and reap the benefits, or go with the EU and get shafted, like Ireland was after the honeymoon.

 

[MDJ]

Scotland has a choice. remain part of the UK and shaft the english, or reap the benefits and go with the EU.

 

[JK-Electrical]

I couldn't agree more with this sort of action, but just hope that such extra levys on alcohol go directly to programmes to help those with alcohol dependency issues.

All additional money raised by the increase in pricing will be kept by the retailer.

Minimum alcohol pricing to start in May - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-42066394

 

[JK-Electrical]

Scotland has a choice. remain part of the UK and reap the benefits, or go with the EU and get shafted, like Ireland was after the honeymoon.

F*** the federalist EU. I want Scotland to remain within the UK.