So once again the letter from the Palace failed to drop thru my door but that's okay as I know Liz is saving the big one for later.
If Cast Iron wants an example of where his minimum alcohol unit pricing will lead he only has to look at the increase in fake vodka production in this country.
But just like the man made climate changers and anti-smoking zealots, he will ostrich like, ignore any common sense debates/warnings on this matter.
Hence in about a decade from now we'll have the senior accountant moaning about the increasing cost to NHS plc of treating victims of fake alcohol products.
Whilst Eastern European gangs fight turf wars openly on our streets, our police (privatized by then) will be pondering which form to use to prosecute all these victims.
Also there are some funny smells coming from your next door neighbour's newly extended garage and they seem to be very popular on an evening!
But I do wonder if Cast Iron isn't doing a Broonie on us; as when he withdraws this regressive alcohol tax proposals, we'll all be too relieved to notice the offspring of unmarried parents have stitched us up on something else!
Well I'm hoping the weather will moderate a bit for my grandson and I as we ride the rails on the Mince Pie Special later today.
Enjoy the last day of 2011 yourselves!
3 comments:
Thanks for the link to the vodka story. Last year I wrote about sloe gin and said that people should stick to supermarket branded alcohols, for which I was gently mocked as an alarmist.
However, I had an idea at the time that it would become important to know what you were buying and that means knowing the supply chain.
I wouldn't buy perfume from a bucket shop - you've nor real idea what, if anything, is in the knocked-off packaging - and the same goes for alcohol intended for drinking as opposed to smearing behind the ears.
I wish the new micro-distillers well and would cheerfully buy their products, but I want to be able to trace them to source and preferably order direct from their own website, not have it handled by distributors who add little from my point of view.
Your sentiments echo mine WoaR, I want to be able to almost look the producer in the eye witha product like alcohol.
However, it is a worry having young adults, who will tend to look at the price rather than it's origins.
What is doubly worrying with the counterfeit vodka is that we are seeing it in the corner shop.
Now that's quite scary!
Whisky was a version of Moonshine because shop bought stuff was too expensive.
We are heading that way again.
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