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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Oh John, you know that's rubbish. The coalition has been spouting about a minimum unit price since it was formed and it is a terrible idea.
I don't smoke and have no interest in drugs so a bottle of wine is my little vice. Three bottles for £12 isn't too bad but that's a steep hike from three bottles for £10 two months ago. The minimum alcohol price would push a bottle of wine into the £5 bracket and I would think twice every time I went shopping, thus curtailing my only source of relaxation.
I'm not saying that there aren't alcohol-related problems but the media has a lot to answer for in the respect of blowing it out of proportion and the politicians are no better for their knee-jerk reactions. 24 hour licensing has made sod all difference to small villages around Hyndburn or anywhere else for that matter, no pubs can afford to do it!
This will be a bad decision if it is pushed through, there's precious little left to enjoy at a reasonable price and all this will do is encourage more home brewing, a far more lethal source of booze.
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I'm up for anything that keeps Mancie off the booze
