If a bottle of horrendous piss is going to be more expensive
but your beer and lagers etc will pretty much stay the same price...won't they simply swap to those instead?
(berk, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:17, 4 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

that's what I would have thought.
it's what happened here when they raised the tax on "alcopops". People just switched drinks.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:28, Reply)

Not many people drink 'Frosty Jack' et al because they choose to (over the age of 14, anyway)
So I don't know whether them 'upgrading' would be possible.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:33, Reply)

Not all of them.

'A friend' told me that they didn't buy cheap stuff for the taste, they bought it for the strength. It wasn't really a financial issue, more a practical one.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 8:48, Reply)

Beer and lagers won't stay the same price though
Although a lot of the large manufacturers have been introducing lower strength versions of their brands over the last few years.
One of the main objections to this legislation is the knock on effect it is likely to have on the already diminishing pub trade.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:06, Reply)

The whole thing is a farce anyway. Drinkers gonna drink.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:08, Reply)

If they abolish the fuel price escalator, there may be a cheaper alternative:
www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4188798/What-a-fuel-young-girl-is-addicted-to-drinking-petrol.html
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:15, Reply)

i didn't read the full story, so it's possible that it's answered, but...how does that even happen?

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:18, Reply)

There is not much more detail in the story than is given in the headline.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:24, Reply)

Good way to make sure you never smoke I guess.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:19, Reply)

If she smokes she's a flaming idiot.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 9:42, Reply)

Boom boom!

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Mar 2012, 10:17, Reply)