RMweb Premium TheQ Posted December 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2017 You don't have to be Noah, that road is only about 3ft above river level. All you need is: A full moon for spring tides..... Err about now, Heavy rain.... Err Forecast for Thursday, A low crossing the North Sea, Err Thursday... Friday... A Northerly wind.... Err forecast for the weekend, blowing down the North Sea. And it can get very soggy here on the Broads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted December 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2017 scotland.jpg I didn't reallise that Buckfast came in so many varieties! Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckymucklebackit Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I didn't reallise that Buckfast came in so many varieties! Regards Ian Here is some useless information for you. Wee Nicola and her wonderful Scottish Government are cock a hoop that they have beaten the courts and the Scotch Whisky Industry to introduce their flagship minimum unit cost for alcahol, now set at 50p and due to be introduced in May. There is however a major flaw in their policy... 1) If you ask the police and social workers what brand of alcoholic beverage is most associated with anti social behavior they will almost certainly tell you that it is the famous Buckfast Tonic Wine, sold in vast quantities to wee Neds throughout Scotland, so prevalent that it has become a national joke (as highlighted by Ian). 2) Buckfast Tonic Wine is 15% alcohol in the 750 ml green-bottled UK version, and 14.8% in the brown-bottled Republic of Ireland version, which equates to roughly 11.25 UK units of alcohol. 3) Buckfast Tonic Wine currently sells for between £7 and £8 4) For a beverage at 11.25 units of alcohol the minimum price will be £5.63 - see the flaw here, the worst offender in the lets get hammered and cause as much grief as we can category will not be affected in the least. Someone has not thought this through! Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted December 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) Oh I think they have thought it through, If they introduced the rate at the amount that would be required to stop the neds, then many people would complain. So it will be 50p rate this year, 60p rate next year, 70p rate the following year, until everyone gets caught and the prices rise so the taxman gets a lot more money.. Edited December 5, 2017 by TheQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2017 Thanks for that, there was me thinking lager was German for weasel p!ss. Mike. One of the problems these days is that 90% of Continental beers & lagers on sale in the UK are brewed using UK methods in the UK. The Rheinheitsgebot has gone out the window. They taste nothing like they should and more like the bland rubbish that the big concerns in the UK routinely sell. So yes, much of it (in the UK) is weasel p!ss. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Oh I think they have thought it through, If they introduced the rate at the amount that would be required to stop the neds, then many people would complain. So it will be 50p rate this year, 60p rate next year, 70p rate the following year, until everyone gets caught and the prices rise so the taxman gets a lot more money.. The thing is it is not a tax - it is a minimum price that retailers can charge, so all the additional profit will go straight to the retailer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 One of the problems these days is that 90% of Continental beers & lagers on sale in the UK are brewed using UK methods in the UK. The Rheinheitsgebot has gone out the window. They taste nothing like they should and more like the bland rubbish that the big concerns in the UK routinely sell. So yes, much of it (in the UK) is weasel p!ss. Keith Aldi still sells the genuine German stuff under the Steinhäuser brand, not bad it is too Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted December 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2017 The thing is it is not a tax - it is a minimum price that retailers can charge, so all the additional profit will go straight to the retailer! VAT is on the sale price , so the government gain 20% of that straight away. There is a tax of 19% company profits, so the government gain on that. If businesses are doing well, then the rateable value of their property will go up, taxes will go up... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 VAT is on the sale price , so the government gain 20% of that straight away. There is a tax of 19% company profits, so the government gain on that. If businesses are doing well, then the rateable value of their property will go up, taxes will go up... but only if the company is a) taxable in the UK, & b) the company does not "export" it's profits abroad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2017 Aldi still sells the genuine German stuff under the Steinhäuser brand, not bad it is too Jim I had a load of "Schwabenbräu" last year from Aldi, they came in flip top bottles (like Corona used to be). Six or seven different ones including a Weihnachts and a Schwarze, very nice too. Keith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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