Save Our Pubs!
The latest budget is a killer blow to that fine old British institution the public house. Up and down the land drinkers will be mightily peeved off at the government's latest tax rises, when it could have been avoided. How? Well lets face it we all know that there is a problem with underage and binge drinking in the UK, with many town centres no go areas because of drunken young people etc. But where do they get most of their alcohol. primarily from cheap supermarkets or small off licences with an eye more for profit than their committment to the community.
In addition much of the violence associated with these phenomenons relates to night clubs rather than the old fashioned pub, the sort of, to me at any rate, horrendous light flashing, thumping repetitive music establishments that caters for the semi comatose between the ages of 18 and 30.
Therefore, I propose that a policy of levying alcohol tax rises selectively on the aforementioned night clubs, off licences and supermarkets, while those pubs that cater for responsible drinking and act as hubs of the local community should be exempt. The police together with the local council could appoint a committee to make a decision on which category the said purveyors of alcohol fall into.
Save Our Pubs, and make out town centres civilised!
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