tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post3092309939650127609..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Booze MattersKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-24720421267021850602009-10-11T16:04:30.915+01:002009-10-11T16:04:30.915+01:00I once emailed "Dave" to ask if he would...I once emailed "Dave" to ask if he would rescind the Fascist smoking ban in pubs....Guess what? Yep...No reply. So, no change from ZaNu labour then.Old Greenynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-18198251113122276822009-10-11T03:43:54.895+01:002009-10-11T03:43:54.895+01:00Would someone please tell this imbicile that busin...Would someone please tell this imbicile that businesses seek to maximize profit, and therefore, a government mandate that results in increased profits in one area of operation will not result in decreased prices elesewhere, unless such decreased prices contribute to the bottom line. <br /><br />His proposal is basically just a government intervention to increase the profit to retailers, and piss everybody else off. Of course in reality, the government would never allow retailers to keep this windfall for themselves, as it would be confiscated by the government in the form of a tax, which would -- no doubt -- be called something other than "a tax."Black Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347464061061628147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-69073395764825348422009-10-11T01:20:34.573+01:002009-10-11T01:20:34.573+01:00Of course you are going to publish the statistics ...Of course you are going to publish the statistics to back up your regular calumny of doctors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-76261695466370277462009-10-10T23:50:59.549+01:002009-10-10T23:50:59.549+01:00Actually I think this chap has an interesting soci...Actually I think this chap has an interesting socio-economic point.<br /><br />Now, if we could apply the same rules to everything else we might, individually, be able to find a low cost lifestyle to suit us - at least for a while until the rest of the 30% found it too.<br /><br />I would start with adjustments to Council Tax since it is quite clear that many people are contributing to the cost of services they don't use and see no benefit from and that should be an easy one 'fix'.Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-50146033948008512702009-10-10T14:35:43.088+01:002009-10-10T14:35:43.088+01:00Perhaps Cameron should tell that to his Home Affai...Perhaps Cameron should tell that to his Home Affairs spokesman Chris Grayling, with his <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/janice_turner/article6868776.ece" rel="nofollow">obnoxious and snobbish plans</a> to impose a punitive tax on "super-strength" beers and ciders.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-33148030472403371492009-10-10T14:21:17.288+01:002009-10-10T14:21:17.288+01:00Too much attention paid to too many single issue g...Too much attention paid to too many single issue groups.<br /><br />Mr Cameron made one very good point in his recent speech; We must stop treating adults as children and we must stop treating children as adults.....That is a very important point, let's hope it becomes an official policy after next year.Tonk.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-16075752444196814432009-10-10T13:10:25.406+01:002009-10-10T13:10:25.406+01:00As far as I know only one doctor has ever been ele...As far as I know only one doctor has ever been elected to Parliament just because he is a doctor (that bloke in Kidderminster). Why do they seem to think they are making the laws now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-56881338278825908162009-10-10T11:39:36.059+01:002009-10-10T11:39:36.059+01:00Apart from the most basic necessities, you would p...Apart from the most basic necessities, you would probably find that 80% of anything was bought by 30% of the population, simply because individual preferences vary. And is he saying that 30% of the population are heavy drinkers?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com