Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, is under strong pressure from 10 Downing Street to "make an example" of whisky, gin and vodka drinkers when he makes his Commons statement next month.Even with the poor exchange rate it will make economic sense to buy spirits from France rather than my local shops if this goes ahead. And I won't be alone in doing so.
A bottle of Bells whisky could rise from £14.79 to £23.73 while Gordon's gin, another favourite of middle-class drinkers, would increase from £12.79 to £21.17.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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The Telegraph reports
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Looks like a trip over to Connemara for some poitÃn may be in order.
Yep, and then Alcohol Concern will tell the government they aren't doing enough to combat smuggling.
It's all in the prohibition template to be found in the anti-tobacco handbook.
Can you really see this bastard government jacking up the duty on WHISKY? A government full of Scots with mostly Scottish constituencies? Hello the booze cruise!
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