tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post4502242349549943559..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Booze Matters - Supermarkets Want Their CutKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-1794761570051155792010-05-27T17:04:35.947+01:002010-05-27T17:04:35.947+01:00I know, why doesn't the government ban fatty f...I know, why doesn't the government ban fatty foods, smoking and drinking entirely, in fact everything that enables people to relax and unwind, a huge Nanny version of prohibition if you like...<br /><br />and then see how much crime there is!Speenzmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-26129289001625267782010-05-27T14:55:45.367+01:002010-05-27T14:55:45.367+01:00I am a qualified alcohol counsellor. When running ...I am a qualified alcohol counsellor. When running a clinic at the local GP, all the docs did the BMA severity of alcohol test for a laugh. They grinningly stated that all four of them would have to book in to see me. Mind you, I scored on the top end too. <br /><br />Booze is a universal lubricant. Just get tough on the drunken chavs who run riot on it every weekend but then nanny does not like to go after people who tell her minions to go fuck themselves before giving them a good kicking. Best to targe the law abiding by making their alcohol 'units' consumed a crime to be taxed for their own good of course.Number 6noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-76243931745465511652010-05-27T13:17:53.192+01:002010-05-27T13:17:53.192+01:00"Are we to assume from these anti middle clas..."Are we to assume from these anti middle class findings that it is in fact the drunken middle classes who are responsible for all crime in the UK?"<br /><br />Of course. Who do you think it is that steals all the post-it-notes from the stationary cupboard?<br /><br />;)Mr Potato Headhttp://www.checkmystory.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-22636303015959994452010-05-27T11:19:56.545+01:002010-05-27T11:19:56.545+01:00Hippo Cities?
Sorry, I meant hypocrites.Hippo Cities?<br />Sorry, I meant hypocrites.Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-11478578116017590772010-05-27T11:18:27.315+01:002010-05-27T11:18:27.315+01:00You are quite right Ken. All Tesco want to do is r...You are quite right Ken. All Tesco want to do is raise their profits, but cant do it alone as folk would just shop elswhere.<br />If the government said ok then but you must keep your prices the same, we will just add a tax on top, would they be as enthusiastic then. I doubt it.<br /><br />As it happens, Tesco were advertising 3 cases of booze for £20 on Tuesday evening.<br /><br />Bloody hypocitesBuckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-67214504089422848122010-05-27T11:07:11.999+01:002010-05-27T11:07:11.999+01:00Seeing as obesity apparently costs the NHS billion...Seeing as obesity apparently costs the NHS billions of pounds a year too, shouldn’t there also be a minimum Price for cakes?<br /><br />I think that would be an exceedingly good idea.Mr Kiplingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-50926869537817257042010-05-27T10:52:54.198+01:002010-05-27T10:52:54.198+01:00Would a minimum price on alcohol also increase the...Would a minimum price on alcohol also increase the VAT take?<br />I assume there is VAT on booze and therefore, a tax (vat) on a tax(duty)<br />I suppose the supermarkets would also make more profit and thus pay more tax on that profit.....Oh I get it, it's nothing to do with health, its all about raising revenue.<br /><br />Incidently, Tesco does appear to be Nanny's prefered grocer in my opinion, she does seem to follow every diktat with glee, often, as in checking ID, adding their own little extra rule to Nanny's....What good yes sheep they are, Nanny will reward them no doubt.Tonk.noreply@blogger.com