Minimum alcohol pricing - latest?

[manboobs109]

How much is a crate or box going for now? I stocked up on a few for a tenner for 20 bottles over the past couple of weeks.

£18 odds for 20 bog standard lager

[Parklife]

How much is a crate or box going for now? I stocked up on a few for a tenner for 20 bottles over the past couple of weeks.

Depends on the strength of the beer and size of the bottles.

 

20x 284ml bottles of Stella will be £13.63 minimum.

[manboobs109]

Sanjay, for the record I hate craft beers but love Tennents

But you don't buy it from supermarkets?

[maryhilldon]

That's me done with the snp, or any political party. Condescending arseholes.

[BillyStarkDivinHeeder]

Just take cheap drugs instead.

[Guest milne_afc]

1 x 3 litre bottle of white cider = £12

1 x tenner bag of Brown = about £10

 

No brainer imho

[The Boofon]

1 x 3 litre bottle of white cider = £12

1 x tenner bag of Brown = about £10

 

No brainer imho

Better buzz off smack as well.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

Not really a house drinker TBH

Yes, we know you prefer shop doorways, railway arches etc.

[vanderark14]

only a complete retard would see this as being told how to live their life.

[manboobs109]

only a complete retard would see this as being told how to live their life.

I'm probably just proving your point here but surely it's the government trying to stop people drinking so much by making it less affordable because they feel it is better for them, rather than letting people choose how much they drink for themselves.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

only a complete retard would see this as being told how to live their life.

 

So what does the policy represent, if not the Government attempting to influence choices people make?

[Redforever86]

 

So what does the policy represent, if not the Government attempting to influence choices people make?

 

Probably trying to stop street drinkers causing anti social behaviour in the same way they use speed bumps to decrease speeding?

[Foster14]

 

Probably trying to stop street drinkers causing anti social behaviour in the same way they use speed bumps to decrease speeding?

 

Speed bumps should at least have the same impact on the driver regardless of their available funds...

[DD1903]

only a complete retard would see this as being told how to live their life.

I think the government should be doing more to target the issues that cause alcoholism than simply bumping up prices. If people want it, they'll find ways of getting it. Be it stealing or through shops that are selling it cheaply under the counter. Or stealing so as to fund their habit.

 

It smacks of a token effort

[manboobs109]

 

Probably trying to stop street drinkers causing anti social behaviour in the same way they use speed bumps to decrease speeding?

They could ban street drinking, that would definitely solve the problem. I very rarely see it in Dundee where the council have passed a bylaw(sp) banning it, it's very common in Edinburgh though where the council choose not to.

[manboobs109]

I was at the cash and carry today and the cheap cider was still the same price as always. Can't imagine they'll be shifting much though.

[Poodler]

It'll take a whole generation to change the attitudes on alcohol

 

 

It does seem to be changing though - I see more kids in A+E at the weekend oot of their minds on Ket and legal highs than drink.

 

So that's something

[dave_min]

How much does this make a tin of tennents from an offy?

 

The same as it was before.

[Redforever86]

I was at the cash and carry today and the cheap cider was still the same price as always. Can't imagine they'll be shifting much though.

 

It's only the same price if the purchaser has proven to the cash and carry they (or the company paying for it) has a licence to sell alcohol. There should be two different prices on display.

[manboobs109]

^ the big packs are more expensive Dave

[Parklife]

How much does this make a tin of tennents from an offy?

Minimum price of 88p.

 

ABV % (4%) x volume (440ml) / 1000 x £0.50 = 88p

 

Easy calculation.

[Parklife]

They could ban street drinking, that would definitely solve the problem. I very rarely see it in Dundee where the council have passed a bylaw(sp) banning it, it's very common in Edinburgh though where the council choose not to.

Yeah, i'm sure it being banned to drink in public would've stopped my 16 year old self drinking cider in the park 15 years ago.

[manboobs109]

 

It's only the same price if the purchaser has proven to the cash and carry they (or the company paying for it) has a licence to sell alcohol. There should be two different prices on display.

Didn't notice that in Batleys today, maybe they calculate different price at the till?

[manboobs109]

Yeah, i'm sure it being banned to drink in public would've stopped my 16 year old self drinking cider in the park 15 years ago.

Would beer being 88p a can have stopped you?

[Parklife]

Would beer being 88p a can have stopped you?

It'd have reduced the quantity i drunk, i'd have thought. Can't really mind how flush i was at 16 TBH.

 

More education in school on the dangers and long-term effects of alcohol, combined with minimum pricing would've definitely have made a difference to the quantity i consumed for sure.

[Guest milne_afc]

Thought you said you're only 30 y/o Parko?

[Redforever86]

Didn't notice that in Batleys today, maybe they calculate different price at the till?

 

Don't know how it works in Batleys, only use bookers these days. But it's certainly the law you have to pay the minimum price per unit if you don't have an alcohol licence.

[Parklife]

Thought you said you're only 30 y/o Parko?

I am, 31 in 4 weeks. 31-15 = 16 years old.

 

Extreme pedantry to pick me up on that!

[manboobs109]

The polis nabbing me and pouring away my carry out reduced the amount I drank a few times. It won't stop teens drinking, it's a waste of time that will end up punishing us all.

[Clydeside_Sheep]

I think the government should be doing more to target the issues that cause alcoholism than simply bumping up prices. If people want it, they'll find ways of getting it. Be it stealing or through shops that are selling it cheaply under the counter. Or stealing so as to fund their habit.

Absolutely - they could have rolled out an education program in schools, with the aim of:

 

- highlighting the suffering caused by irresponsible drinking; eg folk putting up with anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhood, or a family living in fear of an abusive jakey parent

- changing attitudes from thinking its funny to see folk spew / fall over, to awareness of the genuine health impacts

 

It smacks of a token effort

It is the single easiest and unimaginative thing for them to do. Hence, thats what we get.