Minimum price for alcohol

[JohnP]

The UK government is looking at placing a minimum price per unit(40 pence seems to be favourite) for alcohol, raising considerably the minimum price in shops and supermarkets.
Just another case of the minority spoiling things for the majority. The vast majority of people who enjoy a few drinks harmlessly at home will be penalised because of the antisocial minority of idiots.
There are already laws in place, and have been for years to deal with people who cannot behave responsibly, drunk and disorderly and drunk and incapable are offences, USE THEM... If someone is being abusive or violent, ARREST THEM, lock them up for the night and release them next day with a HEFTY fine. keep arresting people who cannot behave and make the fines heavier for each subsequent offence. They will get the message. I am not suggesting you arrest everyone who has one over the eight, just those who cause trouble.
This new minimum price on alcohol is just another stealth tax by the government, probably to help pay for the reduction in higher rate taxes for their millionaire buddies. Just another example of failure by MP's to get to grips with a problem and tackle it head on.
So nothing new there then

[wibble]

There was a report published that cam up with the result that for a moderate drinker the overall increased cost for 1 year was about £12 and for a heavy drinker about £100 + saving on the NHS.

It also highlighted that the optimum increase was 60p per unit, whilst this increase only affected the moderate drinker by £20 per year the heavy drinker was paying about £160 more and even greater potential savings for NHS

[Ali]

The min is 40p per pint (unit) isn't it?

So really cheap beer, alcopops and the like would be the ones affected wouldn't they?

How many units are there in a bottle of wine?

[wibble]

Yep 40p per unit

however 1 unit = 10 millilitres

1 pint of beer at 4% is actually 2.3 units so potential rise of 0.92p per pint

[JohnP]

Bottle of wine 12-15 units depending on ABV

The point is that buying in supermarkets is still going to be cheaper than the bar/nightclub so antisocial moron is still going to get ratarsed at home before hitting the streets and causing mayhem. Average Joe public will end up paying the extra price for his few drinks at home and the government will cream off the extra tax. Government win, win, everyone else lose, lose. result, no change, situation improvement ZERO

[Eryri]

Whatever your politics--Governments always win--!!!!