tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post2567981837795913542..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: Alcohol: I Forgot To Remember to ForgetTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-47170073316767837172014-02-10T17:17:00.860+00:002014-02-10T17:17:00.860+00:00Yes - every 6-8 months seems to be the pattern. It...Yes - every 6-8 months seems to be the pattern. It's like they've never heard of the internet.TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-15206911427179058762014-02-10T17:15:15.998+00:002014-02-10T17:15:15.998+00:00Aye...quite agree. Anything to cover up where our ...Aye...quite agree. Anything to cover up where our real government lies...TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-52452042600870868672014-02-10T07:35:53.524+00:002014-02-10T07:35:53.524+00:00What a monumental waste of time and effort, not to...What a monumental waste of time and effort, not to mention expense.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-18169229808580989072014-02-09T10:00:41.402+00:002014-02-09T10:00:41.402+00:00I wish they would ban alcohol TBC...
Then normal ...I wish they would ban alcohol TBC...<br /><br />Then normal people that like the occasional drink can make it, or buy it in the free (black) market, in the way that some people buy their cannabis.<br /><br />Legalising something only enriches fat corporates and their political flunkies as far as I can see...<br /><br />...(Admittedly not that far).<br /><br />Anyway, my personal tipple, is freshly roasted single origin coffee made on my expensive British made espresso machine (Londinium L1), and I have observed that the best coffee is sourced by small groups of interested people that scour the regions making small purchases for their local customers, usually craft roasters.<br /><br />For the Guardian readers, this results in more money for the local growers, and resultant better conditions for the pickers and their children.<br /><br />It is another example of the genuine "free market" in operation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-30938143898790721432014-02-08T23:33:37.741+00:002014-02-08T23:33:37.741+00:00And from July 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...And from July 2013.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23346532<br /><br />It seems to be a dead horse which they like to dig up and flog every few months.<br /><br />cosmicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-48836167550215046122014-02-08T22:41:43.444+00:002014-02-08T22:41:43.444+00:00"requires retailers to use a complicated form..."requires retailers to use a complicated formula based on alcohol duty and VAT"<br /><br />Well, that sets the minimum at the duty (about 40p per can if memory serves) plus 20% VAT on top = 48p. How complicated is that??Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com