Death of the pub

[snaw]

My breakfast place has papers of a morning, so while I wait for my toast and coffe I get the pleasure of reading the mirror, and came across this gem of an article:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstor...9520-20350713/


DEATH OF THE PUB
Will the 'boozers are losers' Budget finally kill a great British institution?
By Bob Roberts 14/03/2008
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The death knell for the traditional British pub tolled over Westminster this week. Blah blah blah blah.




OMFG, the worlds going to end!

[threaded]

This is our land. A land of peace and of plenty. A land of harmony and hope. This is our land. Oceania. These are our people. The workers, the strivers, the builders. These are our people. The builders of our world, struggling, fighting, bleeding, dying. On the streets of our cities and on the far-flung battlefields. Fighting against the mutilation of our hopes and dreams. Who are they?

[meridian]

This is our land. Oceania.

No, Oceania are our lands.

Tsk! Bloody Poms, still think they have an Empire...



(and yes, I get the Orwell reference)

[SueEllen]

The doctors, who warn of our alcohol problems while applying for extended licensing hours at the bar of the British Medical Association's HQ, cheered.

I think those doctors need to take a trip to a Scandinavian country for a weekend.

Making alcohol more expensive won't stop binge drinking in fact from my experience it seems to make it worse.

[milanbenes]

'Norman Pearce, 61, is landlord of the Sun Inn, Corfton, near Ludlow, Shropshire. He says...

"I've been running the pub for 22 years and I've seen customer numbers steadily decline.

We're a rural pub and have had to diversify to survive.
'


just like the rest of us

welcome to the real world


Milan.

[Chantho]

I think those doctors need to take a trip to a Scandinavian country for a weekend.

Making alcohol more expensive won't stop binge drinking in fact from my experience it seems to make it worse.

Doctors - usually come second in stats. of alcohol abuse by profession, beaten only by workers in the licensed trade. Most of them know a bit about binge drinking without needing to travel.

[Moscow Mule]

Let's get a little bit of perspective here.

4p on a pint. = 40p on your average binge = every 8 binges you can only afford 9 pints instead of 10.

[Jubber]

DEATH OF THE PUB
Will the 'boozers are losers' Budget finally kill a great British institution?

The smoking ban is killing traditional boozers. Most pub regulars are smokers (in my experience) and they are staying away now, drinking elsewhere, where they can smoke.

Price will never stop people drinking alcohol. It's a drug, the cost of a drug is never an issue.

[Marina]

The smoking ban is killing traditional boozers ..

Spot on, no question about that.

and as more and more people get into the habit of buying tinnies in supermarkets more often (which is much cheaper anyway) and swigging them at home instead of propping up a bar, the more alcoholics there will be and domestic strife and more unemployed pub owners. Well done, Labour, another triumph of common sense over dogma!

[realityhack]

This is our land...

Except they had Soma and Victory Gin was cheap.

I think those doctors need to take a trip to a Scandinavian country for a weekend.

Making alcohol more expensive won't stop binge drinking in fact from my experience it seems to make it worse.

Completely agree. Physical or financial prohibition drives the consumer towards alcohol. Forbidden fruit is much more exciting.

Making more of the embarrassing effects of alcohol and reversing the 'fashion' around irresponsible drinking is the best way forward. Hammer the message home until it sticks. Credit goes to Goebbels for that idea.