Re: I thought the Conservatives wanted to roll back the Stat : Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:51 pm  

El Barbudo wrote:

I reckon Tesco will already have decided to use the extra profit on the naff stuff to improve the competitive price of the higher-priced stuff, hoping to take market share away from other supermarkets.

Actually, what is needed is a naff-stuff-czar who will use their wisdom and judgement to decide which rubbish should be taxed heavily.
I think I am the perfect person for that job.

No-one would be allowed to buy alcohol until they have passed the Barbudo licence test which will involve a written examination about units, malt, barley, Rheinheitsgebot, yeast, fermentation etc etc.
Getting served will not be tested by the age of the purchaser but by what they try to order.
Trying to order anything blue or tasting of bubblegum would add two penalty points to their drinker's licence.
Anyone found incapable through drink would get six penalty points.
Accumulation of twelve penalty points would revoke their licence for one year.

My decision would be final.

Oh, and Christmas would be banned.
Bah.

Sounds very fair.
Can I apply to be a judge on the panel too ?
Being a non-drinker makes my tolorance of drunks and the point at which I consider them to be bladdered far more acute than your average person, a person doesn't need to be falling over drunk for me to write off their opinion as worthless drunken dribbling.

Re: I thought the Conservatives wanted to roll back the Stat : Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:59 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

I didn't take American politics at university. I have, however, read the complete works of the American political historian Chalmers Johnston - "Keeping Faith" & "The White House Diaries" by Jimmy Carter, a good deal of Richard Nixon's Memoirs (highly recommended), two books on Reagan, various books by Noam Chomsky, Molly Ivins, Michael Pareniti & Jonathan Kwityny. On top of this I've worked my way through the excellent entire Roman and Greek histories offered by the Teaching Company in the US (Famous Romans by Rufus Fears, the History of Ancient Rome and Emperors of Rome by Professor Garrett M. Fagan & Rome & The Barbarians by Kenneth Harl) & sections of Gibbon's Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire. Add to the list several works on English politics whose names I can provide on request.

So - what are you bringing to this discussion?

I find myself in agreement with most of what you post Muggy, but I think you need to get out more.

Re: I thought the Conservatives wanted to roll back the Stat : Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:33 pm  

At the end of the day, it'll never become law. See the Irish Tobacco experiment for details.

Re: I thought the Conservatives wanted to roll back the Stat : Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:27 am  

WIZEB wrote:

I find myself in agreement with most of what you post Muggy, but I think you need to get out more.

But everyone would see my tin hat.