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I was googling Antifrank's suggestion of Carl Bildt.
And look what google news brought up
Sweden’s foreign minister has warned that Scottish independence would lead to the “Balkanisation of the British Isles” and have far-reaching consequences for the rest of Europe, in the strongest expression of concern from another EU government so far.
Carl Bildt told the Financial Times that there would be “unforeseen chain reactions” in both Europe and the UK if Scotland were to vote for independence on September 18.
“I think it’s going to have far more profound implications than people think. The Balkanisation of the British Isles is something we are not looking forward to,” said Mr Bildt, who was the UN’s special envoy to the Balkans between 1999 and 2001.
“It opens up a lot, primarily in Scotland but also in the UK. What are the implications for the Irish question? What happens in Ulster?”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a45b9bc-e258-11e3-89fd-00144feabdc0.html#axzz33cO50yLX0 -
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Cybernats announce boycott of Abba, Saabs and pretty blondes
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Apparently malcolmg has fainted .... after reading the latest Indy opinion poll.
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Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.0 -
A point many of my punters makeHurstLlama said:
I quite agree, Mr. Woolie. As I said I have no beef with the landlords and in my first post on this subject this morning I explicitly mentioned Punch Taverns as an example of the greedy grasping PubCos that came about because some Conservative idiot, who probably never went to a pub more than once a year and who didn't understand the trade, thought he could alter the market for the good of consumers.dyedwoolie said:
Pubs can only charge relative to the cost to them wholesale.HurstLlama said:
I like Mr. Me's idea of higher duty for off sales and a restriction on supermarket prices and I am in full agreement of going back to the old two session licensing hours, even if they did produce some strange anomalies.
However, the real problem with pubs at the moment is the prices they charge. I have no beef with the landlords here, they are struggling to make a living but the prices in pubs has now reached the point where they are getting beyond the ordinary bloke. A pint of Guinness in an ordinary pub in Brighton the other week was £4.80. A sandwich in my local village pub is £6.85 and a pint of Harvey's Best £3.80. When my boy and I stopped off at a rural pub the other week two pints each and two slices of cheese on toast came to just under thirty quid. These are crazy prices and until they are addressed more and more pubs will close.
Step forward the PubCos.......
The fact remains that drinkers are being priced out of pubs.
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Oh indeed.TheScreamingEagles said:
Just imagine doing all that wearing a Bearskin headgear during the summer.ToryJim said:
Indeed. I understand HM is always personally concerned to put people at their ease if they feel they've made a mistake. I'm sure the kid will be really upset so I hope he gets put at his ease. I'd hate to be that close to the ceremonial I'd go to bits, I get very nervous in crowded rooms at the best of times.TheScreamingEagles said:
I was just yanking your chain.ToryJim said:I must say this lack of charity to a very nervous young boy is really surprising. Thankfully it won't be shared by Her Majesty who will doubtless make sure the young lad doesn't feel as if he spoiled anything.
Having a friend in the Grenadier Guards, I have a lot of sympathy for anyone who attends her Majesty, the protocol alone is enough to make anyone feint.
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They already have:MikeK said:The Queens Speech: should make a film of it.
The Little Shop Of Horrors.0 -
That's a reasonably full programme for the last year of the parliament:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/316702/Queens-Speech-2014.pdf
The new 'Defined Ambition' [clunky term!] pensions in particular are an important innovation. A lot of the rest has already been announced, though.0 -
Is that a new innovation?Richard_Nabavi said:That's a reasonably full programme for the last year of the parliament:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/316702/Queens-Speech-2014.pdf
The new 'Defined Ambition' [clunky term!] pensions in particular are an important innovation. A lot of the rest has already been announced, though.0 -
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.0 -
Defined Ambition is 10 years too late as an idea. It will keep Steve Webb busy, but will be a resounding flop as an idea.*Richard_Nabavi said:That's a reasonably full programme for the last year of the parliament:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/316702/Queens-Speech-2014.pdf
The new 'Defined Ambition' [clunky term!] pensions in particular are an important innovation. A lot of the rest has already been announced, though.
*NB I have colleagues who would be very upset to know that I had expressed this opinion.0 -
Certainly it would have been better to have done it before DB schemes all but disappeared from the private sector.antifrank said:
Defined Ambition is 10 years too late as an idea. It will keep Steve Webb busy, but will be a resounding flop as an idea.*0 -
ISAM drinks an EU immigrant beverage - made in RoI from potatoes and crab apples !isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Coming over here quenching our thirsts !
What is wrong with British ale ?0 -
Praise for Cameron from an unexpected quarter.....Labour List:
The annoying thing for [Labour].... is that Cameron has.....actually done rather a good job on Scotland.....
It is easy to say that he has done nothing; but take a look at the counterexample of his Spanish counterpart, Mariano Rajoy. Catalonia, which has had a nationalist government for most of the last forty years, is asking for a similar referendum.
In order to prevent secession, Rajoy is, ill-advisedly, sitting on the constitution, which technically forbids secession. You can’t do this, he says, because this piece of paper says you can’t. But this stupidly ignores (a) fairness, (b) international precedents, such as the United Nations right to self-determination, and (c) the effect that his denial of democracy has on the Catalan population.
Naturally, the more you tell someone they can’t have something, the more they want it....Politically, he could scarcely have bungled an important matter of state more effectively.
In marked contrast, what has Cameron said to the Scottish public? “Referendum? No problem, no problem. When do you want it?”
And then, after a short pause, almost whispered: “you are really sure about this, aren’t you? Big step, y’know”. Thereby making many Scots reflect on whether they are sure. Most are not.
http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2014/06/04/a-no-for-scotland-may-not-be-as-positive-for-labour-as-we-might-think/#more-18361
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Mr Eagles,
"Is that a new innovation?"
Aaargh! You did that deliberately.0 -
It was a pre-prepared gag.CD13 said:Mr Eagles,
"Is that a new innovation?"
Aaargh! You did that deliberately.
Edit: A couple of weeks ago, I described a new polling adjustment as a new innovation, much to Mr Nabavi's chagrin.
He was literally* climbing the walls.
*A new innovation that annoys us both
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/literally-definition/0 -
Zombie Parliament?......a beautiful theory killed by an ugly fact:
http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/8034/zombie-parliament-some-dead-good-legislation-data/0 -
Has Dan Hodges told us why Ed Millibands Queens Speech response is a disaster for Labour yet?0
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Mr. Eagles, in space, no-one can hear you abuse the English language.0
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Presumably as a UKIP supporter he supports free trade.TGOHF said:
ISAM drinks an EU immigrant beverage - made in RoI from potatoes and crab apples !isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Coming over here quenching our thirsts !
What is wrong with British ale ?0 -
Ha!TGOHF said:
ISAM drinks an EU immigrant beverage - made in RoI from potatoes and crab apples !isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Coming over here quenching our thirsts !
What is wrong with British ale ?
I dont like Ale at all.
If they had Thatchers Gold I'd prefer that (is that English?)0 -
Too expensive.TGOHF said:
What is wrong with British ale ?isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Same way that you'd rather pay a Pole to paint your house, than a costlier local hire.0 -
Unless it's in services or labour..Socrates said:
Presumably as a UKIP supporter he supports free trade.TGOHF said:
ISAM drinks an EU immigrant beverage - made in RoI from potatoes and crab apples !isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Coming over here quenching our thirsts !
What is wrong with British ale ?0 -
He won the elections? How many people in the UK voted for him? 0.1%?Slackbladder said:Jean-Claude JunckerVERIFIED ACCOUNT
@JunckerEU I am not on my knees before any leader. I won the elections. #withJuncker pic.twitter.com/9Puwe1xkVq
Juncker proving Camerons words on twitter in so so many ways.0 -
Even if I wanted to I couldn't vote EPP - they only stood in London.Socrates said:
He won the elections? How many people in the UK voted for him? 0.1%?Slackbladder said:Jean-Claude JunckerVERIFIED ACCOUNT
@JunckerEU I am not on my knees before any leader. I won the elections. #withJuncker pic.twitter.com/9Puwe1xkVq
Juncker proving Camerons words on twitter in so so many ways.0 -
My command of the English language is brilliant, I speak many languages brilliantly.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, in space, no-one can hear you abuse the English language.
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I'd rather drink paint than Magners.TheWatcher said:
Too expensive.TGOHF said:
What is wrong with British ale ?isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Same way that you'd rather pay a Pole to paint your house, than a costlier local hire.0 -
As Alex Massie tweets 'Vote Yes or die from Breast Cancer - the positive case for 'Yes':
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/joan-mcalpine-voting-no-could-36420220 -
I'm rather warming to Jean-Claude Juncker. His dead-pan sense of humour is not what you expect from a Luxembourgois.0
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So am I, he's sneakily charming.Richard_Nabavi said:I'm rather warming to Jean-Claude Juncker. His dead-pan sense of humour is not what you expect from a Luxembourgois.
Edit: Shouldn't it be Luxembourgeois or Luxembourgian?0 -
Mr. Nabavi, people used to think that a straight sort of guy would be a nice chap to have as PM too.0
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I had some Aspall's cider the other day. Nice stuff, but £2 a bottle at Sainsburys!isam said:
Ha!TGOHF said:
ISAM drinks an EU immigrant beverage - made in RoI from potatoes and crab apples !isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Coming over here quenching our thirsts !
What is wrong with British ale ?
I dont like Ale at all.
If they had Thatchers Gold I'd prefer that (is that English?)
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And northern Ireland (NI21).Pulpstar said:
Even if I wanted to I couldn't vote EPP - they only stood in London.Socrates said:
He won the elections? How many people in the UK voted for him? 0.1%?Slackbladder said:Jean-Claude JunckerVERIFIED ACCOUNT
@JunckerEU I am not on my knees before any leader. I won the elections. #withJuncker pic.twitter.com/9Puwe1xkVq
Juncker proving Camerons words on twitter in so so many ways.0 -
The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
Cost differential North to South, some of the pubs will be free houses and able to buy their kegs at 67% or less than a tied house is the short answer.CD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
You have no chance of breaking even on a 100% mark up (and £1.20 a pint Is cheap from most PubCos), as well as the costs mentioned, you have rent on the building or mortgage if a free house, insurance, cellar maintenance, utilities, rent on domestic quarters, PRS and PPL if you play the radio or have occasional live music etc etc.
You need to be making 50% plus gross profit on a yield on better than 98% in a pub turning over a quarter of a million in wet sales doing at least a third of the shifts yourself to get to somewhere near average wage.0 -
Try Thatchers "Cheddar Valley" from Zomerzet - that will put hairs on your chest young man.isam said:
Ha!TGOHF said:
ISAM drinks an EU immigrant beverage - made in RoI from potatoes and crab apples !isam said:
A bottle of Magners in my local costs £4.40, and you can buy 6 for £6.79 in Aldi (subject to availability). Even Waitrose sell 8 for a tennerCD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Why is there such a massive difference in pub prices across the country? Here in Merseyside, you can buy keg bitter for £2.20 and cask bitter for about £2.60, yet even here, you can get stung for a £3 pint.
I'd guess the brewery charge up to £1.20 a pint, but allowing for spillage, wastage, and line-cleaning, a 100% mark-up could give you a living, assuming you sell enough. Yes, I know that's a big assumption, and having staff idling around a wet afternoon is a big cost.
But are the wages so much higher in London and the South East?
A genuine question and I think pubs should be supported.
Coming over here quenching our thirsts !
What is wrong with British ale ?
I dont like Ale at all.
If they had Thatchers Gold I'd prefer that (is that English?)
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Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
Yes, I mislaid an 'e'.TheScreamingEagles said:
Edit: Shouldn't it be Luxembourgeois or Luxembourgian?0 -
Not supermarkets or offies.TheScreamingEagles said:
Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
BBC Covering Carl Bildt 'Balkanisation' remarks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-276967690 -
Speechless.CarlottaVance said:
As Alex Massie tweets 'Vote Yes or die from Breast Cancer - the positive case for 'Yes':
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/joan-mcalpine-voting-no-could-36420220 -
Ah, then I should know, but I can't think which one, part of me wants to say Reflex in behind John Lewis/City Hall way.Pulpstar said:
Not supermarkets or offies.TheScreamingEagles said:
Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
Last week some Nats were threatening a boycott of B&Q, will it be Ikea this weekend?CarlottaVance said:
BBC Covering Carl Bildt 'Balkanisation' remarks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-276967690 -
Devonshire Cat / Corporation ^_~TheScreamingEagles said:
Ah, then I should know, but I can't think which one, part of me wants to say Reflex in behind John Lewis/City Hall way.Pulpstar said:
Not supermarkets or offies.TheScreamingEagles said:
Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
Ah. I still think we should have a PB meet in an 80s bar, reflex fits the billPulpstar said:
Devonshire Cat / Corporation ^_~TheScreamingEagles said:
Ah, then I should know, but I can't think which one, part of me wants to say Reflex in behind John Lewis/City Hall way.Pulpstar said:
Not supermarkets or offies.TheScreamingEagles said:
Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
What have the Luxembourgeois ever done for us?0
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There is the TdF meet in Ilkley coming soon !TheScreamingEagles said:
Ah, then I should know, but I can't think which one, part of me wants to say Reflex in behind John Lewis/City Hall way.Pulpstar said:
Not supermarkets or offies.TheScreamingEagles said:
Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
Well one of them used to make up the numbers at Trooping the ColourTheScreamingEagles said:What have the Luxembourgeois ever done for us?
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One should not need much of a reason to boycott IKEA imofitalass said:Last week some Nats were threatening a boycott of B&Q, will it be Ikea this weekend?
CarlottaVance said:BBC Covering Carl Bildt 'Balkanisation' remarks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-276967690 -
BTW .... Twas Desmond Swayne, the Vice Chamberlain, who was the Queen's Speech "Hostage MP" today.
Rumour has it he was last seen leaving the roof of Buckingham Palace by helicopter after the Prime Minister had successfully negotiated an exchange with the Tory Taleban for the release of Peter Bone from some Witney dungeon.0 -
There is, and I've bought a new suit for the occasion.Pulpstar said:
There is the TdF meet in Ilkley coming soon !TheScreamingEagles said:
Ah, then I should know, but I can't think which one, part of me wants to say Reflex in behind John Lewis/City Hall way.Pulpstar said:
Not supermarkets or offies.TheScreamingEagles said:
Asda, Tesco and Lidl in Woodseats?Pulpstar said:The last beer I bought out was ~ £7 I think, the last vodka 70 pence.
The institutions selling these are next to each other.
@TheScreamingEagles should be able to guess where I was.0 -
I think a bill for the tracking of Peter Bone would gain considerable Tory supportJackW said:BTW .... Twas Desmond Swayne, the Vice Chamberlain, who was the Queen's Speech "Hostage MP" today.
Rumour has it he was last seen leaving the roof of Buckingham Palace by helicopter after the Prime Minister had successfully negotiated an exchange with the Tory Taleban for the release of Peter Bone from some Witney dungeon.
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It depends on the weather.state_go_away said:
One should not need much of a reason to boycott IKEA imofitalass said:Last week some Nats were threatening a boycott of B&Q, will it be Ikea this weekend?
CarlottaVance said:BBC Covering Carl Bildt 'Balkanisation' remarks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-27696769
Their pale skin crinkles and burns in anything more than weak sunshine.0 -
Pubs /bars do not sell the same thing as supermarkets though.
Supermarkets sell alcohol, good pubs /bars sell a nice atmosphere . Pubs that gave no atmosphere (or a bad one) have been most affected by cheap supermarket booze
Anyone who chooses the pub they go into on the basis of it being 20p a pint cheaper than another pub is weird and does not have the right priorities on life!0 -
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ToryJim said:
I think a bill for the fracking of Peter Bone would gain considerable Tory supportJackW said:BTW .... Twas Desmond Swayne, the Vice Chamberlain, who was the Queen's Speech "Hostage MP" today.
Rumour has it he was last seen leaving the roof of Buckingham Palace by helicopter after the Prime Minister had successfully negotiated an exchange with the Tory Taleban for the release of Peter Bone from some Witney dungeon.0 -
Mr Woolie,
Thanks, I can see being a publican is a mug's game at present.
I serve beer at the local rugby club occasionally (and do the lines) on a voluntary basis and we struggle to get a 50% margin overall. We also charge a lot for the beer (£2.90 a pint) and this leads to numerous complaints. Being a rugby club, though, I can insult the customers to my hearts content (and I do). Our best margin is on spirits but we don't get much take-up there.
We make more on the 21st birthday functions (alcopops etc), but we have paid staff for them as the customers aren't used to being served by volunteers who may well tell them to FO.
Even here, and particularly on the 18th birthdays, the clientele tend to stock up on cheap booze from supermarkets beforehand.
Minimum pricing for alcohol and tell the supermarkets to FO - that's the way to go.0 -
Noooo!CD13 said:Mr Woolie,
Thanks, I can see being a publican is a mug's game at present.
I serve beer at the local rugby club occasionally (and do the lines) on a voluntary basis and we struggle to get a 50% margin overall. We also charge a lot for the beer (£2.90 a pint) and this leads to numerous complaints. Being a rugby club, though, I can insult the customers to my hearts content (and I do). Our best margin is on spirits but we don't get much take-up there.
We make more on the 21st birthday functions (alcopops etc), but we have paid staff for them as the customers aren't used to being served by volunteers who may well tell them to FO.
Even here, and particularly on the 18th birthdays, the clientele tend to stock up on cheap booze from supermarkets beforehand.
Minimum pricing for alcohol and tell the supermarkets to FO - that's the way to go.
I know we have started a new thread but lets kill this silly idea here. If people are not drinking in pubs because they cannot afford to do so then making booze more expensive in supermarkets is not going to solve the problem.0
