Sock puppet of Gordon Brown has decided that even with pubs closing at record rates he will offer no help to the pub trade.
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced another increase in duty on alcohol and tobacco in order to off-set a 2.5% cut in VAT from 17.5% in his Pre-Budget report.
Darling said that VAT would be cut by 2.5% to 15% for a period of 13 months starting next Monday but the beleaguered pub industry will not benefit from the cut.
British Beer and Pub Association director of communications Mark Hastings said: "It's staggering that struggling pubs and brewers are denied the benefit of everyone else in the economy from the VAT cut."
The Chancellor is already deeply unpopular in the pub trade after increasing duty 9% at the last Budget with a promise of a 2% above inflation rise for the next four years.Earlier today, Shepherd Neame boss Jonathan Neame said the Chancellor would be guilty of “gross cultural vandalism” if he did not cut duty on beer in his Pre-Budget Report to help save community pubs.
CAMRA's website reports this:
**Also check out the Drinkers Alliance, who have this online petition:
A message from the Drinkers' Alliance follows:
Drinkers will be paying the price for bailing out the economy thanks to this Government. The Chancellor has just announced that ordinary drinkers like you will be unfairly hit with even higher tax rises. The rates of duty for alcohol will be increased by 8 per cent, making the increase this year a whopping 17 per cent!
Click here to sign our petition to say no!
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.drinkersalliance. com%2Frecession
Despite a cut in VAT, the politicians have singled out alcohol as one of just a few items that will see no price relief at all. And even more, when the VAT cut is suspended, alcohol taxes will go even higher!
That means you'll pay more for your favourite drinks because the Chancellor doesn't think you'll fight back.
But we know you will. So sign the petition here:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.drinkersalliance. com%2Frecession
And when you are done, ask five friends to sign up to the Drinkers Alliance. The more people we have signed up, the harder it is for politicians to ignore us.
Thank you for your support.
Drinkers Alliance
I would also add this:
Gordon Brown is a total cunt.
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2 people have spoken:
Our righteous masters have decided that both cigarettes and alcohol are both inherently evil and therefore must be phased out by stealth.
Isn't this what Islam demands?
Perhaps next, the price of pork bellies will be taxed into obscurity, obviously if there's no pubs, then pork scratchings can be phased out per limb, and don't even mention the word bacon!
Are we honestly all now such lap dogs, that we will willingly let this odious party full of Socialist scum change the entire social make-up of our Country to fit into line with their own communist outlook of what we can and cannot do?
Shame on us all.
Time to stock up on rope and piano wire for hanging the fuckers methinks...
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