Front page of todays Echo Wed 19th Feb

[MK Shrimper]

Eh? Alcohol isn't becoming cheaper. It's about 50% more expensive than it was 15 years ago, even allowing for inflation.

In respect to wages it may be. I don't have the figures but a bottle of cheapy crappy cider is (or was) actually cheaper than a bottle of water.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/04/sale-ultra-cheap-alcohol-banned

 

[FarmdogSUFC]

No ones to blame apart from the people silly enough to actually do it. You down a pint of vodka, your just asking for trouble.

Glad she's okay though. Bet she won't be having a drink for a while (we've all been there).

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

In respect to wages it may be. I don't have the figures but a bottle of cheapy crappy cider is (or was) actually cheaper than a bottle of water.

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/feb/04/sale-ultra-cheap-alcohol-banned

I'm pretty sure wages haven't increased 50% in the last 15 years, but alcohol being cheaper than non-alcoholic drinks is nothing new either. When I was at university it was cheaper to buy an alcoholic drink than to get a non-alcholic drink from the vending machine.

Anyway, I'm surprised to see you take big business's side on this. You're on the side of the drinks manufacturers who want minimum pricing as it'll make their products more profitable. I think if you'll look into the research groups and think-tanks proposing this that their funding grants come from the drinks industry....

I'd suggest a bigger factor is that the increased cost of drinking in pubs has driven young drinkers out of regulated environments where bar staff aren't allowed to serve the inebriated and clubs where bouncers chuck you out if you fall over too many times, to drinking at home where there aren't such obstacles.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I'm pretty sure wages haven't increased 50% in the last 15 years, but alcohol being cheaper than non-alcoholic drinks is nothing new either. When I was at university it was cheaper to buy an alcoholic drink than to get a non-alcholic drink from the vending machine.

Anyway, I'm surprised to see you take big business's side on this. You're on the side of the drinks manufacturers who want minimum pricing as it'll make their products more profitable. I think if you'll look into the research groups and think-tanks proposing this that their funding grants come from the drinks industry....

I'd suggest a bigger factor is that the increased cost of drinking in pubs has driven young drinkers out of regulated environments where bar staff aren't allowed to serve the inebriated and clubs where bouncers chuck you out if you fall over too many times, to drinking at home where there aren't such obstacles.

Not on anyone's side YB. I was just reporting the numbers.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Not on anyone's side YB. I was just reporting the numbers.

Ah but which numbers to report is political.

Shall I blame the Grauniad instead then?:winking:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Ah but which numbers to report is political.

Shall I blame the Grauniad instead then?:winking:

Lol, the ONS maybe!

 

[londonblue]

How is it not their fault? If they're "supervising" then they have a responsibility to the kids there, surely?!

Agreed. It's entirely their responsibility.