Scottish alcohol plans

[bhoywonder]

Nah,we voted for em.we get what we deserve.i.e. The nanny state..

[Scottish Dave]

I was in my local supermarket the other week buying some stuff for a night out and I reckon I could have got myself legless on a fiver. That's just stupid.

Precisely mate!

I got 6 bottles of Super Bock and a bottle of Red Echo Falls last night for £6.93 (£3.50 for Echo Falls/£3.43 for Beers!)

Leave it be Div!

[lazaroonie]

I was in my local supermarket the other week buying some stuff for a night out and I reckon I could have got myself legless on a fiver. That's just stupid.

Precisely mate!

I got 6 bottles of Super Bock and a bottle of Red Echo Falls last night for £6.93 (£3.50 for Echo Falls/£3.43 for Beers!)

Leave it be Div!

is that your social life these days, a bottle of echo falls and a sex and the city DVD ?

[thetank]

What we need is for people who cause a problem to punished, instead of attempting to legislate everyone into behaving.

Trouble with that with something like drink is it's tough to get a punishment that is harsh enough to deter people without going the other way and chopping off the bollocks of those who are just letting their hair down and let things go a little bit too far, or maybe they got Mickey Finn-ed on their stag night or something like that.

[Scottish Dave]

I was in my local supermarket the other week buying some stuff for a night out and I reckon I could have got myself legless on a fiver. That's just stupid.

Precisely mate!

I got 6 bottles of Super Bock and a bottle of Red Echo Falls last night for £6.93 (£3.50 for Echo Falls/£3.43 for Beers!)

Leave it be Div!

is that your social life these days, a bottle of echo falls and a sex and the city DVD ?

Ive told you before, Its the bird that like Sex and the City, I only watch it to see Samatha's Jubblies every 2 minutes!!!

Im actually just beasting through the first 4 seasons of Lost just now! Its tough going.

[byronkincaid]

chocolate now. evil stuff. tax it ldo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7938282.stm

[dousche]

Im all for it.a nite out in glasgow sauchiehall street on saturday would do that for anyone.seen 3 fights and the atmosphere was pretty nasty.

charlie bang on.....

i was out on sauchiehall street on saturday all day and night.. it was the first time i had been out on a saturday night for 3 years.. i go out tuesdays thursday sundays etc  and its great great atmosphere...

a saturday is an absoulet riot.....  i hate it and i think it will be min 3 years before i do it again.

altho i think it is unfair to put the prices up becuase some ppl cant handle it..   

midweek avearge vodka and mix on suchirhall street in pubs and clubs 1.50    saturday night 3-4 quid......  how much higher can you put it??

and i find it unfair to put it up midweek for the none trouble makers who enjoy a night out and the bars who are making it cheap to attract business to stay in business.


and as for this crap the scots cant handle there drink.. absoult bollocks..

my gf is at uni in glasgow so iv been up for the occasional saturday night out. sauchiehall st can be a horrible place to be. some decent clubs but the atmosphere outside isnt great. how much of this is down to the price of alcohol and how much down to a lack of punishment for those having a punch up i dont know... but i doubt that people will stop getting drunk on saturday nights because of a small price rise

[Rod Paradise]

What we need is for people who cause a problem to punished, instead of attempting to legislate everyone into behaving.

Trouble with that with something like drink is it's tough to get a punishment that is harsh enough to deter people without going the other way and chopping off the bollocks of those who are just letting their hair down and let things go a little bit too far, or maybe they got Mickey Finn-ed on their stag night or something like that.

Not really Tank, there's plenty of laws for the people to use to punish people for assault, vandalism, even the old police favorite, breach of the peace. They've even got laws to punish you for the risk of anti-socail behaviour (the ban on public drinking & the 'anti-rave' powers they got, which they use on everything but raves). Punish the assaulters, vandals etc & leave the rest of the drinkers alone IMO.

[Indestructable]

At least chocolates ok.

"Scottish GPs have voted against a proposal for chocolate to be taxed in the same way as alcohol and cigarettes to tackle increasing levels of obesity."

[boldie]

At least chocolates ok.

"Scottish GPs have voted against a proposal for chocolate to be taxed in the same way as alcohol and cigarettes to tackle increasing levels of obesity."

YAY for democracy!