From the BBC:
Downing Street has sought to play down reports the government has abandoned plans to introduce minimum alcohol pricing in England and Wales. A spokesman said the government was considering its response to a consultation and "will set out its approach in due course".
The industry has reacted angrily to reports the plan has been scrapped. The European Federation of Bottled Waters said recent figures showed that sales of bottled water consumption were falling due to unfair competition from cut price booze which is "cheaper than water" in most retail outlets.
"Minimum unit pricing would reward responsible bottled water drinkers and ensure the right choices for everyone who is looking for value in their shopping," said the body's chief executive Miles Beale.
H/t Bob E.
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Regardless of anyone's alcohol pricing inclination all HMG should have said is "Well Scotland has done it, let's see what happens there?*". Then the people who hate booze, I presume they are the same people who demand the BBC show my family repeats from 1998, would just look like vindicitive nutters.
*(what will happen there is it won't work and there will be 20 years of lobbiests in denial demanding a hike in the minimum price)
SK, it's not just Scotland, we've got two hundred other countries with wildly different levels of tax (or even prohibition) and minimum prices, shop opening hours etc to look at and see what difference it makes, if any.
What pisses me off is the "beer is cheaper than water" bollocks. A typical diagonal comparison. Yes, the cheapest beer is more expensive than the most overpriced water, but so what? The cheapest fizzy water you can buy is 17p for two litres. I defy the bansturbators to find beer cheaper than that.
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