Drinking is fecking stupid and ruins lives , far more than drugs
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Drinking is fecking stupid and ruins lives , far more than drugs
People who want it will pay for it.
Just put a few quid less in the gas and leccy and find other ways to save money.
Same with smoking..put it up and even people who struggle financially will find a way to pay for it....
According to the Institute of Economic Affairs, the revenue generated from alcohol taxes are worth over £10bn. That’s more than the direct costs of dealing with alcohol use through the NHS, police and welfare, which amount to less than £4bn each year.
https://realbusiness.co.uk/accounts-...nues-top-10bn/
They'll pass it off as being anti binge drinking but really they know it'll change nothing, they'll just get more £££
If we don't Brexshit then we could appeal to the EU against this.
Jimmy the Jock will be apoplectic when he reads this thread. He's the only person ever to be inducted into the Valley Rams Hall of Fame as recognition for being rat arsed inside nearly 60 Football League stadia.
He gave me a business card size leaflet once. On it was written 'Are you an alcoholic, or a binge drinker?' Underneath was a helpline telephone number.
So I rang it. It was a fecking off-licence!
Oh that's ok then. I'm sure genuinely ill patients queuing up in A&E depts on Friday/Saturday nights will be heartened to know that thanks to the belligerent drunks who are ahead of them, the taxes raised from booze more than cover the costs incurred by the NHS, police etc!
You obviously don't want to discuss the massive impact of binge drinking on the NHS, police services, social services so we'd best leave it there I think.
I'd better stock up for Christmas now...
I give some older guys £3.50 for frosty jack in town every now and then, usually if they rattling in the morning, usually the same guys. £11.25 is stretching it a bit though. I will have to start walking a different way.
Dam! I was thinking of taking up binge drinking too, just my luck.